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Martin  T.  Rudgren  John  H.  Liedtke 

DepartmetA  of  Accounts  and  Finances  Department  of  Public  Health  and  Safety 

John  A.  Murrin  William  McConochie.  mayor  Nicolai  E.  Juhl 

Department  of  Public  Property  Department  of  Public  Affairs  Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements 


LAWS  AND  ORDINANCES 


Qoverning  the 

City  of  Rock  Island 

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STATE  OF  ILLINOIS 


Revised  and  Edited  by 

JOHN  K.  SCOTT.  CITY  ATTORNEY 


Compiled  and  arranged  under  the  supervision  of  the  Council, 
consisting  of 

WILLIAM  McCONOCHIE,  Mayor;  T)epartment  of  Public  Affairs 
MARTIN  T.  RUDGREN,  Commissioner;  T)epartment  of  Accounts  and  Finances 
JOHN  H.  LIEDTKE,  Commissioner;  T>epartment  of  Public  Health  and  Safety 
NICOLAI  E.  JUHL,  Commissioner;  T)epartment  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements 
JOHN  A.  MURRIN,  Commissioner;  f)epartment  of  Public  Property 


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City  Officials  at  Time  of  Revision 
of  Ordinances 


Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Department  of  Public  Affairs 

Commissioner Martin  T.  Rudgren 

Department  of  Accounts  and  Finances 

Commissioner John  H.  Liedtke 

Department  of  Public  Health  and  Safety 

Commissioner Nicolai  E.  Juhl 

Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements 

Commissioner John  A.  Murrin 

Department  of  Public  Property 


City  Attorney 

City  Engineer 

City  Physician 

Chief  of  Police 

Chief  of  Eire  Department. 

Plumbing  Inspector 

Building  Inspector 

Electrical  Inspector 


John  K.  Scott 

Wallace  Treichler 

Dr.  C.  T.  Eoster 

Phil  Miller 

Aug.  Schmidt 

Walter  Littig 

C.  V.  Johnson 

...Vincent  Murphy 


PUBLICATION  OF  ORDINANCES 


An  Ordinance  in  regard  to  the  publication  of  the  laws  and 
ordinances  governing  the  City  of  Rock  Island 

Be  It  Ordained  by  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island, 
Illinois : 

Section  1.  That  the  laws  and  ordinances  governing  the 
City  of  Rock  Island,  compiled  and  arranged  by  order  of  the 
Council,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Council,  with  the  aid 
of  the  City  Attorney,  and  comprising  the  ordinance  passed 
November  12,  1918,  for  revising  and  consolidating  the  general 
ordinances  and  all  ordinances  unrepealed  by  Chapter  No.  58 
thereof,  and  this  ordinance  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  or- 
dered printed  and  published  in  a bound  volume  to  be  entitled 
“Laws  and  Ordinances  Governing  the  City  of  Rock  Island, 
in  the  State  of  Illinois”;  that  there  be  prefixed  to  said  pub- 
lication an  historical  note  on  the  organization  of  the  city,  a 
list  of  city  officers  from  the  incorporation  of  the  city  to  the 
present  time,  and  that  the  whole  be  properly  indexed. 

WILLIAM  McCONOCHIE, 

Mayor. 

Passed  November  12,  1918. 

Attest:  M.  T.  RUDGREN,  City  Clerk. 

Corporate  Seal 
City  of  Rock  Island 


PREFATORY 


/. 

Historical  Note  on  the  Organization  of  the  City 

The  County  of  Rock  Island  was  formed  from  Jo  Daviess 
County,  by  an  act  of  the  legislature,  approved  and  of  force 
February  9,  1831  (laws  1831,  p.  52),  which,  after  fixing  the 
boundaries  and  giving  name  to  the  county,  provided  for  the 
election  of  certain  county  officers  named,  whenever  it  should 
be  made  to  appear  that  the  county  contained  three  hundred 
and  fifty  inhabitants;  and  that  after  such  election  the  said 
County  of  Rock  Island  should  be  considered  as  organized  and 
entitled  to  the  same  rights  and  privileges  as  other  counties  in 
this  state.  That  the  county  commissioners,  when  elected, 
should  proceed  at  their  first  term  to  fix  upon  the  temporary 
seat  of  justice  for  said  county,  and  provide  a place  for  holding 
the  circuit  and  county  commissioners’  courts^  therein,  until  a 
permanent  seat  of  justice  should  be  established  by  law.  No 
organization  having  been  made  under  this  law,  the  county  re- 
mained attached  to  the  County  of  Jo  Daviess  for  all  judicial 
and  other  county  purposes. 

On  the  first  day  of  March,  1833,  a further  act  was  passed 
(laws  1833,  p.  17)  whereby  three  persons  were  named  and  ap- 
pointed commissioners,  whose  duty  it  should  be  to  locate  a 
permanent  seat  of  justice  for  Rock  Island  County;  and  when 
selected  and  located  to  be  called  “Stephenson,”  in  commemor- 
ation of  Col.  Benjamin  Stephenson.  Also  by  said  act,  the 
citizens  of  said  Rock  Island  County  were  authorized  on  the 
first  Monday  of  July,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty- 
three,  to  elect  three  county  commissioners,  one  sheriff,  three 
justices  of  the  peace,  to  reside  in  separate  districts,  three 
constables  and  one  coroner,  who,  when  qualified  according  to 
law,  should  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  next  general 
election  in  the  state  for  the  election  of  county  officers.  In 
pursuance  of  the  last  named  provisions  of  this  law,  an  election 
for  the  county  officers  therein  named  was  held  on  the  fifth  of 

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July,  1833,  at  the  house  of  John  Barrell,  in  Farnharmsburg, 
(near  the  point  where  the  south  end  of  the  south  railroad 
bridge  is  now  located)  at  which  election  sixty-five  votes  were 
cast,  and  the  said  officers  duly  elected.  On  the  third  day  after 
said  election,  the  county  commissioners  who  had  been  elected 
met  at  the  same  place  and  organized.  The  commissioners 
named  in  the  law  to  locate  the  county  seat  having  failed  to 
meet  or  take  any  action  under  their  appointment,  the  county 
commissioners’  court  ordered  that  until  such  location  should 
be  made,  elections  and  courts  be  held  at  the  house  of  John 
Barrell,  in  Farnharmsburg,  which  was  thereafter  knoAvn  as 
the  court  house.  At  the  next  session  of  the  legislature  a fur- 
ther act  was  passed  and  approved  February  12,  1835  (laws 
1835,  p.  159),  “to  establish  the  county  seat  of  Rock  Island 
County;”  and  appointing  commissioners  to  locate  the  same, 
and  “make  report  thereof  to  the  county  commissioners’  court 
of  Rock  Island  County,  who,  at  the  next  term,  should  cause 
the  same  to  be  entered  upon  the  records  of  said  court;  and  the 
said  place  so  selected  should  be  and  remain  the  permanent 
seat  of  justice  of  the  aforesaid  county.” 

The  commissioners  appointed  under  this  law,  having  per- 
formed the  duties  thereby  required  of  them,  on  the  eighth  day 
of  June,  1835,  made  their  report  to  the  county  commissioners’ 
court,  that  they  had  selected  the  northwest  fractional  quarter 
of  section  number  thirty-five,  in  township  number  eighteen, 
north  of  range  two,  west  of  the  fourth  principal  meridian, 
and  did  fix  upon  the  same  as  the  permanent  seat  of  justice  of 
the  County  of  Rock  Island,  aforesaid.  Which  report  was  on 
the  same  day  entered  of  record  in  said  court;  and  thereby 
locating  and  establishing  alike  the  town  of  Stephenson  and 
the  county  seat  of  Rock  Island  County.  The  land  selected  for 
the  location  of  the  town  was  subsequently  entered  by  the 
county  commissioners,  George  Davenport,  John  W.  Spencer 
and  John  Vanatta.  By  order  of  the  county  commissioners’ 
court,  in  November,  1835,  the  records  and  courts  of  the  county 
were  removed  from  Farnharmsburg  to  Stephenson.  The  town 
1)ecame  incorporated  under  an  election  held  October  21,  1837, 
thirty-five  votes  being  cast  in  favor  and  ten  votes  against  in- 


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corporation,  and  on  the  28th  day  of  that  month  the  first  elec- 
tion of  trustees  was  held.  By  an  act  of  February  27,  1841 
(laws  1841,  p.  348),  the  name  of  the  town  of  Stephenson,  in- 
cluding all  the  additions  thereto,  was  changed  to  that  of  Rock 
Island,  and  under  that  name  incorporated.  It  was  invested 
with  a city  charter  by  “An  act  to  charter  the  City  of  Rock 
Island.”  Approved  February  12,  1849  (priv.  laws  1849,  p.  18). 
Several  acts  amendatory  thereof  were  passed  from  time  to 
time  until  February  16,  1857,  when  another  and  more  compre- 
hensive charter  was  provided  for  it  (priv.  laws  1857,  p.  939), 
under  which  it  operated  until  November  4,  1879,  when,  by  an 
election  held  for  that  purpose,  the  incorporation  was  changed 
to  an  organization  under  the  general  laws  of  the  state  for  the 
incorporation  of  cities.  At  a meeting  of  the  City  Council  held 
November  10,  1879,  a canvass  of  the  votes  was  made,  showing 
as  the  result  773  votes  in  favor  of  and  155  votes  against  in- 
corporation under  the  general  law,  an  entry  whereof  was  made 
upon  the  records  of  the  City  Council  of  that  date,  and  on  the 
tenth  day  of  December  following  was  certified  to  and  re- 
corded in  the  recorder’s  office  of  the  county  pursuant  to  the 
requirements  of  the  law  in  such  cases. 

Rock  Island  operated  under  the  old  aldermanic  form  of 
government  until  1911,  when  the  Commission  Form  of  Gov- 
ernment was  adopted,  at  a general  election,  placing  all  the 
functions  of  city  government  in  the  hands  of  a Mayor  and 
four  Commissioners.  This  form  of  city  government  still  ob- 
tains and  has  proved  satisfactory. 

Numerous  additions  have  been  made  to  the  city,  and  in 
1915,  by  action  of  both  municipalities,  the  union  ordinance 
for  the  annexation  of  the  Village  of  Sears  was  ratified  by 
the  citizens  of  the  city  and  the  village  by  a large  majority. 

Rock  Island  on  its  eastern  boundary  coincides  with  the 
western  limits  of  the  City  of  Moline,  and  thus  the  two  cities 
adjoin.  The  city  is  bounded  on  the  north  and  west  by  the 
Mississippi  and  on  the  south  by  Rock  river,  thus  giving  it 


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a large  and  splendidly  situated- territory  for  growth  and  de- 
velopment. 

PROVISIONS  OF  FORMER  CITY  CHARTER 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the’  State  of 
Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly:  That  all  the 
district  of  country  in  the  County  of  Rock  Island  and  State 
of  Illinois,  embraced  within  the  following  boundaries,  to-wit: 
Commencing  at  a point  in  the  middle  thread  of  the  main  chan- 
nel of  the  Mississippi  river,  where  the  east  line  of  fractional 
township  eighteen  (18)  north,  range  two  (2),  west  of  the 
fourth  principal  meridian,  produced  north,  would  intersect 
said  middle  thread  of  said  main  channel  and  from  said  point 
running  south  to,  upon  and  beyond  the  said  township  line, 
to  a point  one-half  mile  south  of  the  southeast  corner  of  said 
fractional  township  eighteen  (18),  thence  west  on  the  center 
line  of  sections  one,  two  and  three,  in  township  seventeen 
north,  range  two,  west  of  the  4th  P.  M.,  and  beyond  the  same 
to  where  the  said  line  produced  west  would  intersect  the 
middle  thread  of  the  main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  river, 
thence  up-stream  along  the  said  middle  thread  of  said  main 
channel  to  the  place  of  beginning,  is  hereby  erected  into  a 
city  by  the  name  of  the  “City  of  Rock  Island.” 

§ 2.  The  inhabitants  of  said  city  shall  be  a corporation 
by  the  name  of  the  “City  of  Rock  Island,”  and  by  that  name 
shall  have  perpetual  succession,  sue  and  be  sued,  complain 
and  defend  in  any  court;  may.  make  and  use  a common  seal, 
and  alter  and  change  it  at  pleasure;  may  take,  hold  and  pur- 
chase such  real,  personal  or  mixed  estate  as  the  purposes  of 
the  corporation  may  require,  within  or  without  the  limits  of 
the  city,  and  may  sell,  lease  or  dispose  of  the  same  for  the 
benefit  of  the  city.  [Approved  February  16,  1857;  Special 
Laws  1857,  p.  939.] 


II. 


LIST  OF  CITY  OFFICERS  FROM  INCOR- 
PORATION OF  CITY 


First  Charter  of  City  Approved  February  12,  1849 


1849— 1850 

Mayor BENJAMIN  F.  BARRETT 

Alderman  1st  Ward James  G.  Bolmer,  David  B.  Rice 

Alderman  2d  Ward John  M.  Waugh,  Philip  Zahn 

Alderman  3d  Ward James  R,  Hadsell,  Charles  B.  Knox 

Clerk Robert  Wilkinson 

Treasurer James  G.  Bolmer 

Marshal Wm.  T.  Norris 

Attorney Reynolds  & Bean 

1850— 1851 

Mayor .* JOSHUA  H.  HATCH 

Alderman  1st  Ward William  Fletcher,  E.  P.  Haskins 

Alderman  2d  Ward Philip  Zahn,  Jacob  Sailor 

Alderman  3d  Ward James  R.  Hadsell,  William  Bell 

Clerk Robert  Wilkinson 

Treasurer Wm.  - Bell 

Marshal B.  J.  Cobb 

Attorney Ira  O.  Wilkinson 

1851— 1852 

Mayor PATRICK  A.  WHITAKER 

Alderman  1st  Ward James  G.  Bolmer,  Henry  A.  Porter 

Alderman  2d  Ward Amos  F.  Cutter,  Jacob  Sailor 

Alderman  3d  Ward William  Bell,  Lowell  Butterick 

Clerk R.  Wilkinson 

Treasurer William  Bell 

Marshal B.  J.  Cobb 

Attorney Knox  & Drury 


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City  Officers 


1852—1853 


Mayor WILLIAM  FRIZZELL 

Alderman  1st  Ward Benj.  D.  Walsh,  John  R.  Daly 

Alderman  2d  Ward *Robert  Graham,  J.  B.  Danforth,  Jr. 

Alderman  3d  Ward JLewis  M.  Webber,  James  Boyle 

Alderman  3d  Ward Cornelius  Lynde,  Sr. 

Clerk Fred  S.  Nichols 

Treasurer L.  M.  Webber 

Marshal Jos.  Johnston 

Attorney Knox  & Drury 


* Resigned  April  19,  1853,  and  Lewis  M.  Webber  elected  May  11,  1853, 
to  fill  vacancy. 

t Removed  from  the  Ward  in  spring  of  1853,  and  Cornelius  Lynde, 
Sr.,  elected  to  fill  vacancy. 


1853— 1854 

Mayor WILLIAM  FRIZZELL 

Alderman  1st  Ward. David  B.  Rice,  William  Shearer 

Alderman  2d  Ward Lewis  M.  Webber,  William  Kale 

Alderman  3d  Ward James  Boyle,  George  Walter 

Clerk Quincy  McNeil 

Treasurer L.  M.  Webber 

Marshal Jos.  Johnston 

Attorney Knox  & Drury 

1854— 185S 

Mayor BEN  HARPER 

Alderman  1st  Ward John  L.  Bean,  John  W.  Vansant 

Alderman  2d  Ward William  Kale,  Peter  S.  Albert 

Alderman  3d  Ward James  Copp,  Jeremiah  S.  Smith 

Clerk C.  Lynde,  Jr. 

Treasurer William  Kale 

Marshal Jos.  Johnston 

Attorney 

1855— 1856 

Mayor BENJAMIN  F.  BARRETT 

Alderman  1st  Ward John  L.  Bean,  Hy.  C.  Henderson 

Alderman  2d  Ward Peter  S.  Albert,  Benj.  J.  Cobb 


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Alderman  3d  Ward James  Copp,  Jeremiah  S.  Smith 

Clerk E.  W.  Swann 

Treasurer C.  Lynde,  Jr. 

Marshal J.  B.  Webster 

Attorney Knox  & Wilkinson 

Amended  city  charter  Approved  Feb.  16,  1857. 

1856—  1857 

Mayor WILLIAM  BAILEY 

Alderman  1st  Ward Alexander  Steel,  John  L.  Bean 

Alderman  2d  Ward Bert  Loewenthal,  Benj.  J.  Cobb 

Alderman  3d  Ward Jeremiah  S.  Smith,  William  Bell 

Clerk R.  T.  Shaw 

Treasurer Milo  Lee 

Marshal Jacob  Starr 

Attorney Marshall  & Ball 

1857— 1858 

Mayor PATRICK  GREGG 

Alderman  1st  Ward -.Thomas  J.  Buford,  Quincy  McNeil 

Alderman  2d  Ward Calvin  True^dale,  Jacob  Norris 

Alderman  3d  Ward Jos.  A.  Biddison,  Cornelius  Lynde,  Jr. 

Alderman  4th  Ward David  Hawes,  David  Barnes 

Clerk R.  M.  Grennell 

Treasurer P.  L.  Mitchell 

Marshal Lrazier  Wilson 

Attorney  Knox  & Wilkinson 

1858— 1859 

Mayor THOMAS  J.  BULORD 

Alderman  1st  Ward Mylo  Lee,  William  A.  Knox 

Alderman  2d  Ward James  M.  Buford,  Sam’l  C.  Plummer 

Alderman  3d  Ward David  L.  Cunkle,  Jos.  A.  Biddison 

Alderman  4th  Ward John  Warner,  David  Barnes 

Clerk R.  M.  Grennell 

Treasurer *P.  L.  Mitchell 

Treasurer Bushrod  Birch 

Marshal : Wm.  Bell 

Attorney V.  M.  Blanding 

* Resigned  June  22,  1858,  and  B.  Birch  elected  to  fill  vacancy. 


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City  Officers 


1859—1860 


Mayor THOMAS  BUFORD 

Alderman  1st  Ward *John  B.  Hawley,  fMylo  Lee 

Alderman  1st  Ward Wm.  Shearer 

Alderman  2d  Ward Reuben  Hatch,  James  M.  Buford 

Alderman  3d  Ward JWm.  E.  Errett,  ||David  L.  Cunkle 

Alderman  3d  Ward.. Thomas  J.  Robinson 

Alderman  4th  Ward David  Barnes,  John  Warner 

Clerk R.  M.  Grennell 

Treasurer Bushrod  Birch 

Marshal * Wm.  Kale 

Attorney  


* Resigned  Feb.  15,  1860. 

t Resigned  Feb.  20,  1860;  Wm.  Shearer  elected  to  fill  vacancy. 
t The  election  for  Aldermen  in  the  3d  Ward  resulted  in  a tie  be- 
tween Wm.  B.  Seymour  and  Wm.  E.  Errett,  and  was  decided  by  lot  in 
favor  of  the  latter. 

II  David  L.  Cunkle  removed  from  Ward  and  Thomas  J.  Robinson 


elected  to  fill  vacancy. 

1860—1861 

Mayor •. CALVIN  TRUESDALE  . 

Alderman  1st  Ward Jeremiah  Chamberlain,  John  Harper 

Alderman  2d  Ward Myron  B.  Clark,  Reuben  Hatch 

Alderman  3d  Ward Chas.  R.  Ainsworth,  Bailey  Davenport 

Alderman  4th  Ward Jacob  Dodge,  David  Barnes 

Clerk David  H.  Hand 

Treasurer P.  L.  Mitchell 

Marshal Frazier  Wilson 

Attorney.... ^ 

1861—1862 

Mayor BAILEY  DAVENPORT 

Alderman  1st  Ward Robert  Don,  Jeremiah  Chamberlain 

Alderman  2d  Ward Jacob  Frysinger,  Myron  B.  Clark 

Alderman  3d  Ward Herman  Field,  H.  A.  J.  McDonald 

Alderman  4th  Ward Wm.  W.  Langdell,  Jacob  Dodge 

Clerk E.  W.  Swann 

Treasurer Bushrod  Birch 

Marshal - F.  J.  Underwood 

Attorney W.  F.  Chadwick 


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1862— 1863 

Mayor BAILEY  DAVENPORT 

Alderman  1st  Ward Jeremiah  Chamberlain,  Robert  Don 

Alderman  2d  Ward Myron  B.  Clark,  Jacob  Frysinger 

Alderman  3d  Ward H.  A.  J.  McDonald,  Herman  Field 

Alderman  4th  Ward John  Holt,  Wm.  W.  Langdell 

Clerk E.  W.  Swann 

Treasurer t J.  H.  Kinney 

Marshal J.  L.  Smith 

Attorney 

1863—  1864 

Mayor BAILEY  DAVENPORT 

Alderman  1st  Ward Geo.  M.  Babcock,  J.  Chamberlain 

Alderman  2d  Ward John  Johnston,  Myron  B.  Clark 

Alderman  3d  Ward John  D.  Taylor,  H.  A.  J.  McDonald 

Alderman  4th  Ward C.  C.  Webber,  John  Holt 

Clerk - *James  M.  Buford 

Clerk , Geo.  W.  Copp 

Treasurer Isaac  Negus 

Marshal E.  C.  Cropper 

Attorney 

* Resigned  Nov.  2,  1863,  and  Geo.  W.  Copp  elected  to  fill  vacancy. 

1864— 1865 

Mayor BAILEY  DAVENPORT 

Alderman  1st  Ward W.  S.  Phillips,  Geo.  M.  Babcock 

Alderman  2d  Ward Henry  Burgower,  John  Johnston 

Alderman  3d  Ward Ignatz  Huber,  J.  D.  Taylor 

Alderman  4th  Ward Wm.  W.  Langdell,  C.  C.  Webber 

Clerk John  S.  Gilmore 

Treasurer James  M.  Buford 

Marshal E.  C.  Cropper 

Attorney John  B.  Hawley 

1865— 1866 

Mayor BAILEY  DAVENPORT 

Alderman  1st  Ward Wm.  Shearer,  W.  S.  Phillips 

Alderman  2d  Ward W.  L.  Sweeney,  Henry  Burgower 


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City  Officers 


Alderman  3d  Ward David  L.  Cunkle,  Ignatz  Huber 

Alderman  4th  Ward Otis  J.  Dimick,  Wm.  W.  Langdell 

Clerk ® *John  S.  Gilmore 

Clerk ...J.  R.  Johnston 

Treasurer... James  M.  Buford 

Marshal F.  J.  Underwood 

Attorney C.  M.  Osborn 

* J.  S.  Gilmore  declining  the  clerkship,  J.  R.  Johnston  was  elected 
to  fill  the  vacancy. 

1866— 1867 

Mayor , CALVIN  TRUESDALE 

Alderman  1st  Ward J.  R.  Huber,  Wm.  Shearer 

Alderman  2d  Ward O.  J.  Dimick,  W.  L.  Sweeney 

Alderman  3d  Ward Ignatz  Huber,  Peter  Bogue 

Alderman  4th  AVard L.  D.  Dimick,  W.  F.  Gilmore 

Clerk Charles  E.  Dodge 

Treasurer James  M.  Buford 

Marshal E.  C.  Cropper 

Attorney C.  M.  Osborn 

1867— 1868 

Mayor *WILLIAM  EGGLESTON 

Mayor B.  H.  KIMBALL 

Alderman  1st  Ward David  Hawes,  J.  R.  Huber 

Alderman  2d  Ward Peter  Fries,  O.  J.  Dimick 

Alderman  3d  Ward .....Richard  Lloyd,  Ignatz  Huber 

Alderman  4th  Ward George  Wagner,  fL.  D.  Dimick 

Alderman  4th  Ward Porter  Skinner 

Clerk J.  R.  Johnston 

Treasurer James  M.  Buford 

Marshal E.  C.  Cropper 

Attorney C.  M.  Osborn 

* Resigned  Aug.  5,  1867,  and  B.  H.  Kimball  elected  Sept.  10,  1867,  to 
fill  vacancy. 

t Died.  P.  Skinner  elected  to  fill  vacancy. 

1868— 1869 

Mayor THOMAS  MURDOCK 

Alderman  1st  Ward Jos.  Rosenfield,  David  Hawes 


City  Officers 


15 


Alderman  2d  Ward Archie  Shaw,  Peter  Fries 

Alderman  3d  Ward Edward  W.  Spencer,  Richard  Lloyd 

Alderman  4th  Ward. Porter  Skinner,  Geo.  Wagner 

Clerk David  O.  Reid 

Treasurer Cornelius  Lynde,  Jr. 

Marshal C.  A.  McLaughlin 

Attorney Alfred  Webster 

1869—  1870 

Mayor JAMES  M.  BUEORD 

Alderman  1st  Ward Jacob  Wollenhaupt,  Jos  Rosenfield 

Alderman  2d  Ward Jacob  Riley,  *Archie  Shaw 

Alderman  2d  Ward Wm.  Eggleston 

Alderman  3d  Ward Ignatz  Huber,  Ed.  W.  Spencer 

Alderman  4th  Ward Chas.  W.  Skinner,  Porter  Skinner 

Clerk J.  Prank  Conway 

Treasurer P.  L.  Mitchell 

Marshal Philip  Mitsch 

Attorney H.  C.  Connelly 

* A.  Shaw  resigned  May  3,  1869,  and  William  Eggleston  elected 
June  18,  1869,  to  fill  vacancy. 

1870—  1871 

Mayor PORTER  SKINNER 

Alderman  1st  Ward Michael  Koch,  Jacob  Wollenhaupt 

Alderman  2d  Ward William  H.  Sage,  Jacob  Riley 

Alderman  3d  Ward H.  E.  Woods,  Ignatz  Huber 

Alderman  4th  Ward Jos.  A.  Gray,  *Chas.  W.  Skinner 

Alderman  4th  Ward W.  D.  Crockett 

Clerk J.  Prank  Conway 

Treasurer James  M.  Buford 

Marshal Lewis  M.  Webber 

Attorney H.  C.  Connelly 

* Resigned  July  4,  1870,  and  W.  D.  Crockett  elected  Aug.  2,  1870,  to 
fill  vacancy. 

1871—  1872 

Mayor ELIJAH  CARTER 

Alderman  1st  Ward James  Kelly,  Michael  Koch 

Alderman  2d  Ward Jacob  Riley,  Wm.  H.  Sage 


16 


City  Officers 


Alderman  3d  Ward- 
Alderman  4th  Ward 

Clerk 

Treasurer 

Marshal 

Attorney 


..E.  W.  Boynton,  H.  E.  Woods 
Geo.  Wagner,  Joseph  A.  Gray 

S.  E.  Cooke 

Cornelius  Lynde,  Jr. 

Chas.  W.  Hawes 

W.  H.  Gest 


1872— 1873 


Mayor  

Alderman  1st  Ward- 
Alderman  2d  Ward.... 
Alderman ‘3d  Ward.... 
Alderman  3d  Ward... 
Alderman  4th  Ward... 
Alderman  ySth  Ward 

Clerk 

Treasurer 

Marshal 

Marshal 

Attorney 


THOMAS  MURDOCK 

Michael  Koch,  James  Kelly 

...George  W.  Copp,  Jacob  Riley 
...Gus.  Stengel,  *E.  W.  Boynton 

Richard  Lloyd 

J.  H.  Drayton,  Geo.  Wagner 

W.  S.  Phillips,  Hugh  Warnock 

John  Barge 

James  M.  Buford 

JGeorge  Lamont 

Philip  Mitsch 

P.  T.  McElherne 


* Resigned  May  7,  1872,  and  Richard  Lloyd  elected  June  4,  1872,  to 
fill  vacancy. 

t Fifth  Ward  created  by  ordinance  passed  Nov.  4,  1872;  Aldermen 
elected  Dec.  3,  1872,  and  qualified  Dec.  10,  1872. 

t Declined  the  office  and  P.  Mitsch  elected  to  fill  vacancy. 


1873— 1874 


Mayor BAILEY  DAVENPORT 

Alderman  1st  Ward Michael  Koch,  David  Don 

Alderman  2d  Ward Geo.  W.  Copp,  Cyrus  W.  Churchill 

Alderman  3d  Ward Wm.  Bell,  Gus.  Stengel 

Alderman  4th  Ward John  R.  Warner,  J.  H.  Drayton 

Alderman  5th  Ward Wm.  S.  Phillips,  John  W.  Lawhead 

Alderman  5th  Ward *Geo.  Wilkes 

Clerk - -...John  Barge 

Treasurer James  M.  Buford 

Marshal B.  H.  Kimball 

Attorney P.  T.  McElherne 


* Elected  June  3,  1873,  vice  W.  S.  Phillips,  resigned  May  9,  1873. 


City  Officers 


17 


1874—  1875 

Mayor THOMAS  GALT 

Alderman  1st  Ward Henry  Carse,  David  Don 

Alderman  2d  Ward G.  E.  Bailey,  Cyrus  W.  Churchill 

Alderman  3d  Ward Wm.  Bell,  L.  D.  Woodruff 

Alderman  4th  Ward W.  P.  Butler,  John  R.  Warner 

Alderman  5th  Ward John  Davis,  Charles  Engel 

Clerk S.  F.  Cooke 

Treasurer James  M.  Buford 

Marshal Chas.  W.  Hawes 

Attorney W.  H.  Gest 

1875—  1876 

Mayor BAILEY  DAVENPORT 

Alderman  1st  Ward Jacob  Wollenhaupt,  Henry  Carse 

Alderman  2d  Ward Julius  Mosenfelder,  Geo.  E.  Bailey 

Alderman  3d  Ward Daniel  Daly,  L.  D.  Woodruff 

Alderman  4th  Ward William  Atkinson,  W.  P.  Butler 

Alderman  5th  Ward Thomas  Yates,  John  Davis 

Clerk S.  F.  Cooke 

Treasurer ...Henry  Burgower 

Marshal Chas.  W.  Hawes 

Attorney W.  H.  Gest 

1876—  1877 

Mayor WM.  P.  BUTLER 

Alderman  1st  Ward Henry  Carse,  Jacob  Wollenhaupt 

Alderman  2d  Ward W.  H.  Lundy,  Julius  Mosenfelder 

Alderman  3d  Ward Ignatz  Huber,  Dan  Daly 

Alderman  4th  Ward H.  E.  Woods,  William  Atkinson 

Alderman  5th  Ward -. John  Davis,  Thos.  Yates 

Clerk S.  F.  Cooke 

Treasurer j.  M.  Buford 

Marshal C.  W.  Hawes 

Attorney W.  H.  Gest 

1877—  1878 

Mayor WM.  P.  BUTLER 

Alderman  1st  Ward M.  S.  O’Neal,  Henry  Carse 


18 


City  Officers 


Alderman  2d  Ward Peter  Schlemmer,  Wm.  H.  Lundy 

Alderman  3d  Ward Philip  Simmons,  Ignatz  Huber 

Alderman  4th  Ward Wm.  E.  Brooks,  H.  E.  Woods 

Alderman  5th  Ward Hugh  Warnock,  John  Davis 

Clerk John  L.  Reed 

Treasurer J.  M.  Buford 

Marshal C.  W.  Havv^es 

x\ttorney W.  H.  Gest 


1878— 1879 

Mayor ELISHA  P.  REYNOLDS 

Alderman  1st  Ward Fred  Koch,  M.  S.  O’Neil 

Alderman  2d  Ward Wm.  H.  Lundy,  Peter  Schlemmer 

Alderman  3d  Ward Jos.  Cameron,  Philip  Simmons 

Alderman  4th  Ward E.  H.  Anaw^alt,  Wm.  E.  Brooks 

Alderman  5th  Ward Jos.  Hillier,  Hugh  WTrnock 

Clerk John  L.  Reed 

Treasurer J.  M.  Buford 

Marshal Chas.  W.  Hawes 

Attorney V.  M.  Blanding 


City  organization  under  general  incorporation  law  of  1872,  adopted 
Nov.  4,  1879.  ' 


1879—1880 


Mayor ELISHA  P.  REYNOLDS 

Alderman  1st  Ward David  Donaldson,  Fred  Koch 

Alderman  2d  Ward P.  J.  Wagner,  Wm.  H.  Lundy 

Alderman  3d  Ward F.  W.  Kellerstrass,  Jos.  Cameron 

Alderman  4th  Ward Patrick  Kennedy,  E.  H.  Anawalt 

Alderman  5th  Ward H.  O.  Warren,  Jos.  Hillier 

Clerk John  L.  Reed 

Treasurer J.  M.  Buford 

Marshal Chas.  W.  Hawes 

Attorney 7 V.  M.  Blanding 


1880—1881 


Mayor HENRY  CARSE 

Alderman  1st  Ward W.  J.  Browne,  Geo.  W.  Henry 

Alderman  2d  Ward William  Rinck,  Wm.  H.  Lundy 

Alderman  3d  Ward Aug.  Schmid,  John  E.  Spencer 


City  Officers 


19 


Alderman  4th  Ward John  J.  Reimers,  David  Stephens 

Alderman  5th  Ward Hugh  Warnock,  Wm.  Gray 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer Henry  L.  Schill 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney M.  M.  Corbett 

1881—1882 

Mayor HENRY  CARSE 

Alderman  1st  Ward John  C.  Lafrenz,  Hugh  Warnock 

Alderman  2d  Ward M.  S.  O’Neil,  Robert  Bennett 

Alderman  3d  Ward Geo.-W.  Henry,  Jas.  V.  Mahoney 

Alderman  4th  Ward W.  H.  Lundy,  W.  H.  Whitman 

Alderman  5th  Ward Chas.  J.  Larkin,  John  E.  Spencer 

Alderman  6th  Ward Thos.  E.  Carey,  David  Stephens 

Alderman  7th  Ward W.  H.  Barber,  Jos.  H.  Kerr 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer J.  Erank  Robinson 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney James  J.  Parks 

1882— 1883 

Mayor HENRY  CARSE 

Alderman  1st  Ward Hugh  Warnock,  John  C.  Lafrenz 

Alderman  2d  Ward Wm.  Gray,  M.  S.  O’Neil 

Alderman  3d  Ward J.  Z.  Mott,  Geo.  W.  Henry 

Alderman  4th  Ward W.  H.  Whitman,  W.  H.  Lundy 

Alderman  5th  Ward Jas.  W.  Cavanaugh,  Chas.  J.  Larkin 

Alderman  6th  Ward John  J.  Reimers,  Thos.  E.  Carey 

Alderman  7th  Ward H.  P.  Hull,  W.  H.  Barber 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer j.  Erank  Robinson 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney Janies  J.  Parks 

1883— 1884 

Mayor JAMES  Z.  MOTT 

Alderman  1st  Ward Gus.  Stengel,  Hugh  Warnock 

Alderman  2d  Ward Robert  Bennett,  Wm.  Gray 


20 


City  Officers 


Alderman  3d  Ward Geo.  W.  Henry,  Henry  J.  Lidders 

Alderman  4th  Ward S.  J.  Collins,  W.  H.  Whitman 

Alderman  5th  Ward Jas.  W.  Cavanaugh,  Chas.  J.  Larkin 

Alderman  6th  Ward Thos.  F.  Carey,  John  J.  Reimers 

Alderman  7th  Ward F.  M.  Sinnett,  H.  P.  Hull 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer J.  M.  Buford 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney M.  M.  Corbett 

1884— 1885 

Mayor JAMES  Z.  MOTT 

Alderman  1st  Ward John  C.  Lafrenz,  Gustav  Stengel 

Alderman  2d  Ward Henry  Phillips,  Robert  Bennett 

Alderman  3d  Ward Henry  J.  Lidders,  Geo.  W.  Henry 

Alderman  4th  Ward M.  M.  Briggs,  S.  J.  Collins 

Alderman  5th  Ward Jas.  W.  Cavanaugh,  Chas.  J.  Larkin 

Alderman  6th  Ward Wm.  Edwards,  Thos.  F.  Carey 

Alderman  7th  Ward Wm.  F.  Schroeder,  F.  M.  Sinnett 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer J.  M.  Buford 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney M.  M.  Corbett 

1885— 1886 

Mayor THOMAS  MURDOCK 

Alderman  1st  Ward John  C.  Lafrenz,  H.  C.  Schaffer 

Alderman  2d  Ward Henry  Phillips,  John  Ohlweiler 

Alderman  3d  Ward Henry  Lidders,  Geo.  W.  Henry 

Alderman  4th  Ward M.  M.  Briggs,  S.  J.  Collins 

Alderman  5th  Ward Jas.  W.  Cavanaugh,  Chas.  J.  Larkin 

Alderman  6th  Ward Wm.  Edwards,  John  Atkinson 

Alderman  7th  Ward Wm.  F.  Schroeder,  F.  M.  Sinnett 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer Geo.  E.  Lambert 

Marshal Louis  V.  Eckhart 

Attorney M.  E.  Sweeney 


- City  Officers 


21 


1886— 1887 

Mayor THOMAS  MURDOCK 

Alderman  1st  Ward ..„H.  C.  Schaffer,  Winslow  Howard 

Alderman  2d  Ward John  Ohlweiler,  A.  H.  Hampton 

Alderman  3d  Ward Geo.  W.  Henry,  Daniel  Corcken 

Alderman  4th  Ward S.  J.  Collins,  W.  H.  Lundy 

Alderman  5th  Ward Chas.  J.  Larkin,  W.  B.  Ferguson 

Alderman  6th  Ward John  Atkinson,  Wm.  Edwards 

Alderman  7th  Ward F.  M.  Sinnett,  Wm.  F.  Schroeder 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer Geo.  E.  Lambert 

Marshal Louis  V.  Eckhart 

Attorney M.  E.  Sweeney 

1887— 1888 

Mayor V.  M.  BLANDING 

Alderman  1st  Ward Winslow  Howard,  H.  C.  Schaffer 

Alderman  2d  Ward A.  H.  Hampton,  Wm.  Gray 

Alderman  3d  Ward Daniel  Corcken,  Basil  Winter 

Alderman  4th  Ward W.  H.  Lundy,  Erank  III 

Alderman  5th  Ward Wm.  B.  Eerguson,  Geo.  H.  Simmons 

Alderman  6th  Ward Wm.  Edwards,  Wm.  McConochie 

Alderman  7th  Ward Wm.  E.  Schroeder,  A.  W.  Williamson 

Clerk : Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer Wallace  W.  Eggleston 

Marshal John  Brennan 

Attorney Wm.  McEniry 

1888— 1889 

Mayor V.  M.  BLANDING 

Alderman  1st  Ward H.  C.  Schaffer,  Winslow  Howard 

Alderman  2d  Ward Wm.  Gray,  A.  H.  Hampton 

Alderman  3d  Ward Basil  Winter,  Chas.  W.  Negus 

Alderman  4th  Ward Frank  111,  Mathias  Schnell 

Alderman  5th  Ward Geo.  H.  Simmons,  Chas.  E.  Evans 

Alderman  6th  Ward Wm.  McConochie,  Wm.  Edwards 

Alderman  7th  Ward A.  W.  Williamson,  W.  W.  Scott 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 


22 


City  Officers 


s Treasurer Wallace  W.  Eggleston 

Marshal John  Brennan 

Attorney Wm.  McEniry 

1889— 1890 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Alderman  1st  Ward Winslow  Howard,  Mathes  Buncher 

Alderman  2d  Ward A.  H.  Hampton,  John  Hetter 

Alderman  3d  Ward Chas.  W.  Negus,  Daniel  Corcken 

Alderman  4th  Ward Mathias  Schnell,  Erank  111 

Alderman  5th  Ward Charles  E.  Evans,  B.  Erank  Knox 

Alderman  6th  Ward Wm.  Edwards,  Wm.  E.  Schroeder 

Alderman  7th  Ward W,  W.  Scott,  James  E.  Larkin 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer Geo.  M.  Loosley 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney Joseph  L.  Haas 

1890— 1891 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Alderman  1st  Ward Mathes  Buncher,  Chas.  E.  Bladel 

Alderman  2d  Ward John  Hetter,  Chas.  Durmann 

Alderman  3d  Ward Daniel  Corcken,  Jos  Geiger 

Alderman  4th  Ward Frank  111,  W.  P.  Tindall 

Alderman  5th  Ward B.  Frank  Knox,  Chas.  E.  Evans 

Alderman  6th  Ward Wm.  F.  Schroeder,  Wm.  Kennedy 

Alderman  7th  Ward James  E.  Larkin,  Paul  Thiessen 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer Geo.  M.  Loosley 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney Joseph  L.  Haas 

1891— 1892 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Alderman  1st  Ward Chas.  F.  Bladel  Andrew  A.  Johnson 

Alderman  2d  Ward Chas.  Durmann,  John  G.  Hetter 

Alderman  3d  Ward Jos.  Geiger,  Daniel  Corcken 

Alderman  4th  Ward W.  P.  Tindall,  Albert  D.  Huesing 

Alderman  5th  Ward Chas.  E.  Evans,  B.  Frank  Knox 


City  Officers 


23 


Alderman  6th  Ward William  Kenned}^,  John  Frohboes 

Alderman  7th  Ward Paul  Thiessen,  J.  C.  Adams 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer Phil  Mitchell 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney Joseph  L.  Haas 

1892— 1893 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Alderman  1st  Ward Andrew  A.  Johnson,  Chas.  F.  Bladel 

Alderman  2d  Ward.. John  G.  Hetter,  Henry  Kinner 

Alderman  3d  Ward Daniel  Corcken,  E.  G.  Fickenscher,  Jr. 

Alderman  4th  Ward A.  D.  Huesing,  Valentine  Dauber 

Alderman  5th  Ward B.  Frank  Knox,  Chas.  E.  Evans 

Alderman  6th  Ward *Wm.  E.  Schroeder,  Wm.  Kennedy 

Alderman  7th  Ward fEdward  H.  Guyer,  Albert  E.  Nelson 

Clerk Robert  Koehler 

Treasurer Phil*  Mitchell 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney Joseph  L.  Haas 

* Elected  April  5,  1892,  vice  John  Frohboes,  resigned  March  7,  1892. 
t Elected  April  5,  1892,  vice  J.  C.  Adams,  resigned  Oct.  5,  1891. 

1893— 1894 

Mayor •. T.  J.  MEDILL,  JR. 

Alderman  1st  Ward Chas.  E.  Bladel,  William  Roth 

Alderman  2d  Ward Henry  Kinner,  Erederick  Schroeder 

Alderman  3d  Ward E.  G.  Eickenscher,  Jr.,  Daniel  Corcken 

Alderman  4th  Ward Valentine  Dauber,  W.  C-  Maucker 

Alderman  5th  Ward Chas.  E.  Evans,  Robt.  Kuschmann 

Alderman  6th  Ward Wm.  Kennedy,  John  E.  Cramer 

Alderman  7th  Ward Albert  E.  Nelson,  C.  W.  Eoss 

Clerk Albert  D.  Huesing 

Treasurer C.  E.  Lynde 

Marshal M.  H.  Sexton 

Attorney Joseph  L.  Haas 


24 


City  Officers 


Mayor 

Alderman  1st  Ward. 
Alderman  2d  Ward.. 
Alderman  3d  Ward.. 
Alderman  4th  Ward. 
Alderman  5th  Ward. 
Alderman  6th  Ward 
Alderman  7th  Ward. 

Clerk 

Treasurer 

Marshal 

Attorney , 

Mayor 

Alderman  1st  Ward. 
Alderman  2d  Ward.. 
Aldermaii  3d  Ward.. 
Alderman  4th  Ward. 
, Alderman  5th  Ward 
Alderman  6th  Ward. 
Alderman  7th  Ward. 

Clerk 

Treasurer 

Marshal 

Attorney 


Mayor 

Alderman  1st  Ward. 
x\lderman  2d  Ward.. 
Alderman  3d  Ward.. 
Alderman  4th  Ward- 
Alderman  5th  Ward. 
Alderman  6th  Ward 
Alderman  7th  Ward. 

Clerk 

TTeasurer 


1894— 1895 

T.  J.  MEDILL,  JR. 

William  Roth,  Charles  F.  Bladel 

...Fred  Schroeder,  G.  Albert  Johnson 

Daniel  Corcken,  F.  H.  Schroeder 

....W.  C.  Maucker,  Valentine  Dauber 

Robt.  Kuschmann,  Geo.  Schneider 

John  F.  Cramer,  Wm.  Kennedy 

C.  W.  Foss,  Albert  E.  Nelson 

Albert  D.  Huesing 

C.  F.  Lynde 

M.  H.  Sexton 

Joseph  L.  Haas 

1895— 1896 

B.  FRANK  KNOX 

William  Zeis,  John  C.  Surman 

G.  A.  Johnson,  C.  J.  W.  Schreiner 

F.  H.  Schroeder,  W.  C.  Maucker 

Valentine  Dauber,  W.  P.  Tindall 

Geo.  Schneider,  Thos.  A.  Pender 

Wm.  Kennedy,  F.  G.  Gall 

.’........A,  E.  Nelson,  C.  W.  Foss 

Albert  D.  Huesing 

C.  R.  Chamberlain 

Andrew  Etzel 

Joseph  L,  Haas 

1896— 1897 

B.  FRANK  KNOX 

....John  C.  Surman  M.  V.  Concannon 

C.  J.  Schreiner,  G.  A.  Johnson 

W.  C.  Maucker,  B.  Winter 

W.  P.  Tindall,  V.  Dauber 

T.  A.  Pender,  Henry  F.  Wheelan 

F.  G.  Gall,  William  Kennedy 

C.  W.  Foss,  A.  E.  Nelson 

Albert  D.  Huesing 

C.  R.  Chamberlain 


City  Officers 


25 


Marshal Andrew  Etzel 

Attorney Joseph  Iv.  Haas 

1897— 1898 

Mayor T.  J.  MEDILL,  JR. 

Alderman  1st  Ward M.  \h  Concannon,  J.  C.  Surman 

Alderman  2d  Ward G.  A.  Johnson,  H.  H.  Lohse 

Alderman  3d  Ward B.  Winter,  W.  C.  Maucker 

Alderman  4th  Ward V.  Dauber,  Charles  Bleuer 

Alderman  5th  Ward H.  L.  Wheelan,  T.  A.  Pender 

Alderman  6th  Ward Wm.  Kennedy,  F.  G.  Gall 

Alderman  7th  AVard , A.  E.  Nelson,  A.  F.  Soderstrom 

Clerk Albert  D.  Huesing 

Treasurer H.  B.  Simmon 

Marshal J.  H.  Pender 

Attorney Charles  B.  Marshall 

1898— 1899 

Mayor T.  J.  MEDILL,  JR. 

Alderman  1st  Ward J.  C.  Surman,  Robert  C.  Beck 

Alderman  2d  Ward H.  H.  Lohse,  G.  A.  Johnson 

Alderman  3d  Ward W.  C.  Maucker,  B.  Winter 

Alderman  4th  Ward Charles  Bleuer,  George  W.  Aster- 

Alderman  5th  Ward T.  A.  Pender,  Henry  Wheelan 

Alderman  6th  Ward F.  G.  Gall,  H.  D.  Elwell 

Alderman  7th  AVard A.  F.  Soderstrom,  J.  W.  Lawhead 

Clerk Albert  D.  Huesing 

Treasurer H.  B.  Simmon 

Alarshal- J.  H.  Pender 

Attorney Charles  B.  Marshall 

1899— 1900 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Alderman  1st  AVard R.  C.  Beck,  M.  A^.  Concannon 

Alderman  2d  Ward G.  A.  Johnson,  Chas.  Heideman 

Alderman  3d  AVard B.  AVinter,  John  O.  Freed 

Alderman  4th  Ward G.  W.  Aster,  C.  E.  Willis 

Alderman  5th  AVard H.  C.  AVheelan,  T.  A.  Pender 

Alderman  6th  AVard H.  D.  Elwell,  F.  G.  Gall 


26 


City  Officers 


j 

Alderman  7th  Ward J.  W.  Lawhead,  A.  F.  Soderstrom 

Clerk H.  C.  Schaffer 

Treasurer K.  T.  Anderson 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney John  K.  Scott 

1900— 1901 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIT: 

Alderman  1st  Ward M.  V.  Concannon,  Wm.  Wilkins 

Alderman  2d  Ward C.  Heideman,  McClelland  Snyder 

Alderman  3d  Ward J.  O.  Freed  F.  O.  Andrews 

Anderman  4th  Ward C.  E.  Willis,  A.  J.  D.  Moeller 

Alderman  5th  Ward T.  A.  Pender,  F.  E.  Robbins 

Alderman  6th  Ward F.  G.  Gall,  Wm.  Kennedy 

Alderman  7th  Ward A.  F.  Soderstrom,  A.  G.  Anderson 

Clerk H.  C.  Schaffer 

Treasurer K.  T.  Anderson 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney John  K.  Scott 

1901— 1902 

Mayor B.  FRANK  KNOX 

Alderman  1st  Ward Wm.  Wilkins,  Frank  Westbay 

Alderman  2d  Ward McClelland  Snyder,  L.  V.  Eckhart,  Jr. 

Alderman  3d  Ward Erank  Andrews,  Wm.  Hause 

Alderman  4th  Ward Chas.  Willis,  A.  J.  D.  Moeller 

Alderman  5th  Ward E.  E.  Robbins,  George  White 

Alderman  6th  Ward E.  G.  Gall,  Wm.  Kennedy 

Alderman  7th  Ward A.  G.  Anderson,  A.  E.  Soderstrom 

Clerk H.  C.  Schaffer 

Treasurer Wm.  Gest,  Jr. 

Marshal James  Darnell 

Attorney John  K.  Scott 

J 902— 1903 

Mayor B.  ERANK  KNOX 

Alderman  1st  Ward E.  Westbay,  Erank  Blochlinger  ; 

Alderman  2d  Ward L.  V.  Eckhart,  Jr.,  Carl  A.  Naab 

Alderman  3d  Ward Wm.  Hause,  O.  H.  Birkel 


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' ■ — \ — 

Alderman  4th  ward Chas.  Willis,  Geo.  W.  McCaskrin 

Alderman  5th  Ward George  White,  William  Trefz 

Alderman  6th  Ward F.  G.  Gall,  Wm.  Kennedy 

Alderman  7th  Ward A.  F.  Soderstrom,  A.  G.  Anderson 

Clerk H.  C.  Schaffer 

Treasurer Wm.  Gest,  Jr. 

Marshal James  Darnell 

Attorney John  K.  Scott 

1903— 1904 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Alderman  1st  Ward F.  W.  Blochlinger,  Frank  Westbay 

Alderman  2d  Ward Carl  A.  Naab,  L.  V.  Eckhart,  Jr. 

Alderman  3d  Ward O.  H.  Birkel,  Wm.  Hause 

Alderman  4th  Ward R.  C.  Benson 

Alderman  5th  Ward William  Trefz,  E.  E.  Robbins 

Alderman  6th  Ward. Wm.  Kennedy,  Chas.  C.  Wilson 

Alderman  7th  Ward.. A.  G.  Anderson,  Joshua  R.  Brooks 

Clerk H.  C.  Schaffer 

Treasurer.... K.  T.  Anderson 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney John  K.  Scott 

1904— 1905 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Alderman  1st  Ward .....Frank  Westbay,  Wm.  Wilkins 

Alderman  2d  Ward E.  V.  Eckhart,  Jr.,  Chas.  Oberg 

Alderman  3d  Ward Wm.  Hause,  John  O’Connor 

Alderman  4th  Ward R.  C.  Benson,  J.  P.  Sexton 

Alderman  5th  Ward .-r:..E.  E.  Robbins,  Wm.  Trefz 

Alderman  6th  Ward Chas.  C.  Wilson,  Andrew  Christensen 

Alderman  7th  Ward Joshua  R.  Brooks,  A.  G.  Anderson 

Clerk H.  C.  Schaff'er 

Treasurer K.  T.  Anderson 

Marshal Phil  Miller 

Attorney John  K.  Scott 

Attorney Wm.  L.  Ludolph 


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City  Officers 


1905— 1906 

Mayor. GEO.  W.  McCASKRIN 

Alderman  1st  Ward Frank  W.  Blochlinger,  Allen  N.  Pratt 

Alderman  2d  Ward Chas.  Oberg,  L.  V.  Eckhart,  Jr. 

Alderman  3d  Ward John  O’Connor,  P.  F.  Trenkenschuh 

Alderman  4th  Ward J.  P.  Sexton,  V.  Dauber 

Alderman  5th  Ward Wm.  Trefz,  F.  E.  Robbins 

Alderman  6th  Ward Andrew  Christensen,  Chas.  C.  Wilson 

Alderman  7th  Ward A.  G.  Anderson,  Joshua  R.  Brooks 

Clerk H.  C.  Schaffer 

Treasurer Edward  W.  Schoede 

Marshal : 

Attorney Oliver  Olsen 

1906— 1907 

Mayor GEO.  W.  McCASKRIN 

Alderman  1st  Ward Frank  W.  Blochlinger,  Allen  N.  Pratt 

Alderman  2d  Ward L.  V.  Eckhart,  Jr.,  Chas.  Oberg 

Alderman  3d  Ward P.  F.  Trenkenschuh,  Chas.  J.  Smith 

Alderman  4th  Ward V.  Dauber,  R.  C.  Benson 

Alderman  5th  Ward F.  E.  Robbins,  Richard  Sherwood 

Alderman  6th  Ward ...Chas.  C.  Wilson,  Frank  Lawler 

Alderman  7th  Ward Joshua  R.  Brooks,  A.  G.  Anderson 

' Clerk H.  C.  Schaffer 

Treasurer Edward  AV.  Schoede 

Marshal 

Attorney Oliver  Olsen 

1907—  1908 

Mayor H.  C.  SCHAFFER 

Alderman  1st  Ward Allen  N.  Pratt,  John  Holzhammer 

Alderman  2d  Ward Chas.  Oberg,  August  J.  Utke 

Alderman  3d  Ward Chas.  J.  Smith,  Justus  R.  Tuckis 

Alderman  4th  Ward R.  C.  Benson,  Henry  J.  Frick 

Alderman  5th  Ward William  Trefz,  Geo.  L.  Schmid 

Alderman  6th  Ward Frank  Lawler,  Martin  McNealy 

Alderman  7th  Ward A.  G.  Anderson,  Louis  Ostrom 

Clerk M.  T.  Rudgren 


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Treasurer W.  H.  Gest,  Jr. 

Marshal L.  V.  Eckhart,  Jr. 

Attorney J.  F.  Witter 

1908— 1909 

Mayor H.  C.  SCHAFFER 

Alderman  1st  Ward John  Holzhammer,  F.  W.  Blochlinger 

Alderman  2d  Ward August  J.  Utke,  John  W.  Carse 

Alderman  3d  Ward..., Justus  R.  Tuckis,  Chas.  J.  Smith 

Alderman  4th  Ward Henry  J.  Frick,  Chas.  L.  Thompson 

Alderman  5th  Ward Wm.  Trefz,  Geo.  F.  Schmid 

Alderman  6th  Ward Martin  McNealy,  Frank  Lawler 

Alderman  7th  Ward Louis  Ostrom,  T.  J.  Ellinwood 

Clerk M.  T.  Rudgren 

Treasurer W.  H.  Gest,  Jr. 

Marshal L.  V.  Eckhart,  Jr. 

Attorney J.  F.  Witter 

1909— 1910 

Mayor GEO.  W.  McCASKRIN 

Alderman  1st  Ward......F.  W.  Blochlinger,  John  Holzhammer 

Alderman  2d  Ward John  W.  Carse,  August  J.  Utke 

Alderman  3d  Ward S.  A.  La  Vanway 

Alderman  4th  Ward ...Chas,  L.  Thompson,  Henry  J.  Frick 

Alderman  5th  Ward Geo.  L.  Schmid,  Wm.  Cochran 

Alderman  6th  Ward Frank  Lawler,  Martin  McNealy 

Alderman  7th  Ward T.  J.  Ellinwood,  Chas.  Borst 

Clerk M.  T.  Rudgren 

Treasurer C.  F;  Channon 

Marshal*. 

Attorney J.  F.  Witter 

1910— 1911 

Mayor GEO.  W.  McCASKRIN 

Alderman  1st  Ward Arthur  Huff,  John  Holzhammer 

Alderman  2d  Ward Carl  Naab,  John  W.  Carse 

Alderman  3d  Ward J.  C.  Simser,  S.  A.  La  Vanway 

Alderman  4th  W^’ard Henry  J.  Frick,  Chas.  L.  Thompson 

Alderman  5th  Ward Geo.  L.  Schmid,  Wm.  Cochran 


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Alderman  6th  Ward John  T.  Stephens,  Martin  McNealy 

Alderman  7th  Ward John  G.  Leaf,  Chas.  Borst 

Clerk ‘ M.  T.  Rudgren 

Treasurer C.  F.  Channon 

Marshal 

Attorney J.  F.  Witter 


COMMISSION  FORM 

1911—1915 

iMayor HARRY  M.  SCHRIVER 

Department  of  Public  Affairs 

Commissioner Martin  T.  Rudgren 

Department  of  Accounts-  and  Finances 

Commissioner Archie  Hart 

Department  of  Public  Health  and  Safety 

Commissioner Robert  R.  Reynolds 

Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements 
Commissioner Jonas  Bear 


Department  of  Public  Property 


Clerk M.  T.  Rudgren 

Treasurer Oscar  Liitt 

Marshal James  Brinn 

Attorney James  F.  Witter 


1915—1918 

Mayor WM.  McCONOCHIE 

Department  of  Public  Affairs 

Commissioner Martin  T.  Rudgren 

Department  of  Accounts  and  Finances 

Commissioner ‘ John  H.  Liedtke 

Department  of  Public  Health  and  Safety 

Commissioner Nicolai  E.  Juhl 

Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements 

Commissioner John  A.  Murrin 

Department  of  Public  Property 


Clerk 

Treasurer 

Chief  of  Police 
Attorney 


M.  T,  Rudgren 
Wm.  G.  Johnston 

Phil  Miller 

John  K.  Scott 


PART  2. 


AN  ORDINANCE 

REVISING  AND  CONSOLIDATING 

THE  GENERAL  ORDINANCES 


of  the 

CITY  OF  ROCK  ISLAND 


AN  ORDINANCE 


FOR 

REVISING  THE  GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OE  THE 
CITY  OF  ROCK  ISLAND,  ILLINOIS 

WHEREAS,  Since  the  last  revision  and  consolidation  of 
the  general  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  a great 
number  of  new  ordinances  were  passed,  many  of  the  exist- 
ing ordinances  were  amended,  others  were  repealed  and  new 
and  more  appropriate  ordinances  were  substituted,  and 

WHEREAS,  By  reason  thereof,  it  is  deemed  expedient 
that  all  of  said  ordinances  be  thoroughly  revised  and  cor- 
rected so  as  to  conform  to  such  amendments  made,  and  new 
subjects  and  ordinances  properly  embodied  in  a general  City 
Code  so  that  the  whole  should  be  rendered  plain,  concise,  in- 
telligible and  correct;  therefore 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island. 


CHAPTER  1 — AMUSEMENTS 

. SHOWS,  THEATRES  AND  EXHIBITIONS 

Section  1.  License  Required  of — Proviso.  It  shall  not 
be  lawful  for  any  person  to  own,  conduct,  manage  or  exhibit 
for  gain,  within  this  City,  any  circus,  menagerie,  caravan, 
show  or  amusement,  or  any  natural  or  artificial  curiosities, 
or  panoramic  show  or  device,  or  any  theatricals  or  variety 
performances,  or  any  concert  or  other  musical  entertainment, 
lecture,  or  scientific  demonstration,  where  money  is  charged 
directly  or  indirectly  for  admission  to  see,  or  hear,  or  operate 
the  same,  unless  a license  for  the  same  shall  have  first  been 
obtained  from  the  City.  Provided,  that  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  not  apply  to  any  public  entertainment  given,  the 


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proceeds  of  which  are  for  the  benefit  of  any  religious,  char- 
itable or  educational  institution  located  in  the  City  of  Rock 
Island. 

§ 2.  Licenses  May  be  Granted  by  Council,  and  in  Certain 
Cases,  by  Mayor — Rates  on  License.  License  may  be  granted 
by  the  Council,  upon  application  and  the  payment  to  the  City 
Clerk  of  such  sum  as  the  Council  may  fix  in  each  case.  If  a 
meeting  of  the  Council  should  not  intervene  between  the  time 
of  application  and  the  time  license  is  required  to  be  issued, 
the  Mayor  may  grant  the  license,  and  fix  the  amount  to  be 
paid  for  the  same  within  the  following  rates:  1.  For  each 
circus,  menagerie,  caravan  or  like  exhibition,  not  less  than 
fifty  ($50)  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars 
per  day,  the  amount  to  be  determined  by  the  Council.  2.  To 
proprietors  of  opera  houses  and  theatres  in  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  for  one  year,  upon  the  payment  to  the  City  Clerk: 


Where  the  seating  capacity  is  viOO  or  less $25.00 

Wdiere  the  seating  capacity  is  300  to  500.... $35.00 

AVhere  the  seating  capacity  is  from  500  to  1,000. $50.00 

AVhere  the  seating  capacity  is  over  1,000.. $75.00 


Carni\al  companies  and  street  fairs  shall  be  required  to 
pay  a license  fee  of  from  ten  ($10)  dollars  to  twenty-five 
($25)  dollars  per  day,  the  amount  to  be  determined  by  the 
Council. 

Provided,  that  any  opera  house  or  theatre  in  said  City  oi 
Rock  Island,  which  is  not  licensed  by  the  year,  shall  be 
charged  license  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  fol- 
lowing section: 

§ 3.  Fees  to  be  Paid  Where  No  License  Is  Issued.  To 

managers  or  agents  of  theatres,  shows,  lectures,  concerts  or 
exhibitions,  performances  or  entertainments  of  any  kind  as 
herein  mentioned  upon  the  following  terms:  When  the 

highest  price  of  admission  to  the  same  is  thirty  cents  or 
under,  two  dollars  per  day  shall  be  charged ; where  the  highest 
price  of  admission  charged  is  seventy-five  cents  or  under,  and 
more  than  thirty  cents,  three  dollars  per  day  shall  be  charged; 


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and  where  the  highest  price  of  admission  exceeds  seventy-five 
cents,  five  dollars  per  day  shall  be  charged. 

§ 4.  Roller  Skating  Rink — License.  No  person,  firm  or 
corporation  shall,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  this  City, 
keep,  maintain  or  operate  any  roller  skating  rink,  hall  or 
pavilion,  for  the  public  use,  and  which  is  operated  for  hire, 
gain  or  profit,  without  a license  for  such  purpose. 

The  license  therefor  shall  be  granted  for  the  term  of  the 
municipal  year  in  which  the  same  is  granted,  or  any  unex- 
pired portion  thereof,  upon  the  payment  by  the  applicant  to 
the  City  Clerk,  for  the  use  of  the  City,  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50) 
dollars. 

§ 5.  Moving  Picture  Theatre — Petition.  That  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  conduct  or 
operate  a moving  picture  theatre  without  first  having  obtained 
a license  therefor,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  ordi- 
nance. Every  application  far  a license  for  a moving  picture 
theatre  must  be  accompanied  by  a petition  of  the  majority  of 
the  property  owners  on  both  sides  of  the  street  or  avenue 
within  200  feet  of  the  front  door  of  the  theatre.  Where  the 
front  door  or  entrance  of  the  moving  picture  theatre-  opens 
at  the  corner  or  intersection  of  a street  or  avenue,  it  shall  be 
necessary  that  the  said  petition  be  signed  by  a majority  of 
the  property  owners  on  both  sides  of  the  street  and  also  the 
avenue. 

§ 6.  Public  Garden  or  Park — License.  The  owner,  or 
owners,  of  every  garden,  park  or  resort  which  the  public  is 
solicited  to  visit  and  where  refreshments  are  sold  and  enter- 
tainment is  given  to  the  public,  either  free  or  for  price,  shall 
have  a license  to  operate  and  conduct  such  garden,  park  or 
resort,  for  which  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  fifty  ($250) 
dollars  per  year,  or  fraction  thereof,  shall  be  paid  to  the  City 
Clerk. 

§ 7.  License  to  Specify  What — Licensee  to  Keep  Good 
Order — Mayor  May  Refuse  or  Revoke  License.  Every  li- 
cense issued  under  the  provisions  hereof  shall  specify  the 


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object  and  length  of  time  for  which  it  is  issued.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  person  licensed  to  keep  good  order  about  his 
place  of  exhibition. 

§ 8.  Bond  to  be  Given  by  Circus.  That  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person,  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  to  con- 
duct or  manage  a circus  parade  upon  the  streets  or  avenues 
of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  without  first  filing  with  the  City 
Clerk  a bond  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  ($1,000)  dollars  for 
the  protection  of  the  City  against  any  damages  which  might 
occur  to  the  City  through  the  negligence  of  the  owners  of 
the  circuses,  or  the  employes  of  said  show  or  circus,  in  the 
injuring  of  sidewalks,  pavements,  curbing  or  other  public 
property. 

§ 9.  Penalty  for  Violation  Hereof.  Any  person  violat- 
ing any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  subject  fo 
a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  ($200)  dollars  for  each  offense. 


CHAPTER  2 

ANIMALS 

Section  1.  Animals  Not  to  Run  at  Large — Owner  Subject 
to  Penalty.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  of  any  cow, 
horse,  mule,  swine,  sheep,  goat  or  cattle  of  any  kind,  or  any 
geese,  ducks,  hens,  chickens,  guinea-fowl,  turkeys  or  other 
fowl  to  allow  the  same  to  run  and  be  at  large  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  said  city  of  Rock  Island. 

§ 2.  Presumption  of  Owner's  Guilt.  The  finding  of  such 
animals  or  fowls  so  running  at  large  as  aforesaid  shall  be 
presumptive  evidence  that  the  same  was  at  large  by  the  suf- 
ferance and  permission  of  the  owner  or  possessor  of  such 
animal. 

§ 3.  Violation — Penalty.  Any  person  owning  or  having 
l)ossession  of  any  such  animal  or  fowl  who  shall  suffer,  allow 


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or  permit  the  same  to  run  or  go  at  large  within  said  limits 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor 
more  than  ten  ($10)  dollars,  to  be  recovered  in  the  manner 
provided  for  the  recovery  of  other  fines  for  the  violation  of 
ordinances. 


CHAPTER  3 

. AUCTIONEERS 

Section  1.  No  Persons  to  Exercise  Calling  of  Auctioneer 
Without  License.  No  person  shall,  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  said  city,  exercise  the  calling  of  a public  auctioneer, 
or  sell  any  personal  property  at  public  auction,  without  a 
license  for  that  purpose,  under  the  penalty  herein  prescribed. 

§ 2.  License — How  Obtained — Bond.  License  may  be 
issued  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  30  of  these  revised 
ordinances,  entitled  “Licenses,”  to  any  person  of  full  age  and 
good  character,  upon  such  person  giving  bond  in  the  sum  of 
five  hundred  dollars,  with  security  to  be  approved  -by  the 
Mayor,  conditioned  for  observance  of  all  ordinances  of  said 
city  applicable  to  the  business  so  licensed,  and  upon  his  pay- 
ing to  the  City  Clerk  the  sum  herein  required  therefor. 

§ 3.  Terms  of  License.  Said  license  may  be  issued  for 
the  term  of  one  month,  three  months,  six  months,  or  one 
year  from  the  date  of  such  license,  but  not  beyond  the  muni- 
cipal year.  And  for  which  the  applicant  shall  pay  to  the 
City  Clerk,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  the  following  rates,  viz.: 
Eor  a term  of  one  month,  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars;  for  a 
term  of  three  months,  fifty  ($50)  dollars;  for  a term  of  six 
months,  seventy-five  ($75)  dollars;  for  a term  of  one  year, 
one  hundred  ($100)  dollars,  and  the  fee  allowed  to  the  Clerk 
for  drafting  bond  and  issuing  and  registering  such  license. 

§ 4.  Fraudulent  Sales  Prohibited.  No  auctioneer  shall 
fraudulently  conspire  with  any  one  to  induce  bidders  to  of- 
fer more  than  its  true  value  for  any  article  offered  for  sale 


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Bill  Posting 


by  him,  or  by  any  artifice,  or  collusion  with  any  bidder  or 
other  person,  shall  make  any  fraudulent  or  unreal  sale  with 
intention  to  defraud  or  to  deceive  any  party  bidding  as  to 
the  value  of  any  article  offered  for  sale. 

§ 5.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Any  violation  of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not 
less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100) 
dollars,  and  also  in  case  the  person  violating  is  possessed  of 
a license,  by  a forfeiture  of  such  license,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Council  or  the  Mayor. 


CHAPTER  4 

BILL  POSTING 

Section  1.  Posting  or  Distributing  Bills — License.  It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  corporation  or 
corporations,  to  follow  or  carry  on  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  the  business  of  posting  bills  and 
distributing  upon  the  streets,  alleys  and  public  grounds  of 
the  City  of  Rock  Island,  bills,  bill-heads,  hand-bills,  circu- 
lars, or  any  papers,  bills  or  articles  of  any  kind  or  description 
for  the  purpose  of  advertising,  without  a license  for  that  pur- 
pose, under  the  penalty  herein  prescribed;  which  license  may 
be  issued  to  any  applicant  for  one  day,  one  week  or  one 
month,  but  not  beyond  the  municipal  year,  and  the  applicant 
shall  pay  therefor  to  the  City  Clerk,  for  said  city,  as  follows: 
for  one  day,  one  ($1)  dollar;  for  one  week,  five  ($5)  dollars; 
for  one  month,  fifteen  ($15)  dollars  ; and  for  one  year,  fifty 
($50)  dollars. 

§ 2.  Violation — Penalty.  Any  violation  of  this  article 
shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars 
nor  more  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  5 

BREWERS 

Section  E Brewing — License — Fee.  No  person,  firm  or 
corporation  shall,  within  the  limits  of  this  city,  carry  on  the 
business  of  brewing  or  making  beer,  distilling  or  extracting 
spirits  by  distillation,  unless  he  or  they  shall  have  obtained  a 
license  for  such  business,  for  which  license  he  or  they  shall 
pay  to  the  City  Clerk  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  per 
annum,  before  such  license  shall  be  issued. 

§ 2.  Violation  Hereof — Penalty.  “Any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  who  shall  violate  this  section  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall 
be  fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars,  and  twenty-five  ($25) 
dollars  a day  for  each  and  every  day  he  or  they  shall  con- 
tinue to  carry  on  any  such  business  without  a .license. 


CHAPTER  6 

BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION 

BUILDINGS 

Section  1.  Requirements — Penalty.  The  material  used 
‘ and  manner  of  constructing  all  buildings  hereafter  erected, 
remodeled’or  added  to,  within  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  shall 
be  as  hereinafter  set  forth;  and  it  is  hereby  declared  to  be 
unlawful  to  erect,  remodel  or  add  to  any  such  building  in  a 
manner  not  in  substantial  compliance  herewith;  or  which  falls 
short  of  the  standards,  or  any  one  or  more  of  them,  herein 
fixed;  and,  likewise,  it  is  declared  to  be  unlawful  to  maintain 
any  building  hereafter  erected  which  violates  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter,  or  any  one  or  more  of  them,  and  any  owner, 
agent,  architect,  contractor,  sub-contractor  or  any  other  per- 
son who  shall  erect,  or  after  such  erection,  shall  maintain,  or 
who  shall  in  any  way  contribute  to  erection  or  maintenance, 


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or  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  terms  of  this  chapter,  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hun- 
dred ($200)  dollars,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a like  penalty  for 
each  day  such  building-  is  maintained  after  conviction;  and 
any  such  person  who  shall  fail  to  procure  a permit,  as  herein- 
after required,  before  commencing  the  construction  or  altera- 
tion of  any  building,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10) 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each 
ofifense. 

FOUNDATIONS 

§ 2.  How  Built — Piers — Columns.  All  foundation  walls 
shall  have  footings  of  ample  width  and  thickness  to  carry 
any  load  that  may  come  on  them,  and  where  exposed  to  frost, 
shall  extend  at  least  three  and  one-half  (3^)  feet  below  the 
surface  of  the  ground,  and  shall  be  of  such  material  and  work- 
manship as  is  hereafter  specified  for  basement  walls;  and 
below  the  surface  of  the  ground  shall  be  laid  in  cement  mortar 
or  lime  mortar  strongly  gauged  with  Portland  cement.  All 
brick  piers  and  buttresses  shall  be  bonded  with  through 
courses,  leveled  and  bedded  in  each  course.  All  metal  columns 
shall  rest  upon  an  iron  plate  of  proper  thickness,  and  where 
placed  one  above  the  other,  shall  have  a cap  with  projections, 
or  bolted  together  to  prevent  slipping.  Wooden  columns, 
supporting  girders  and  floors  shall  be  set  on  suitable  iron 
plates  with  firm  anchorage  to  same. 

WALLS 

§ 3.  Materials  and  Workmanship.  All  walls,  including 
foundations,  built  of  stone,  brick  or  other  similar  materials, 
shall  be  built  to  a line  and  carried  up  plumb  and  straight,  and 
shall  be  laid  in  lime  or  cement  mortar,  and  shall  be  properly 
bonded  and  solidly  put  together  with  close  joints.  Founda- 
tion walls  may  be  battered  on  either  or  both  sides  in  such  a 
manner  as  will  not  decrease  their  strength.  If  of  brick,  every 
sixth  course  shall  be  headers,  and  all  walls  shall  be  securely 
anchored  at  distances  not  exceeding  eight  feet  to  the  timbers 
and  joists  resting  upon  them.  A\diere  brick  are  used,  they 


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shall  be  hard  and  well  burned,  and  no  swelled,  refused,  soft 
or  salmon  brick  shall  be  used  in  the  face  of  the  wall.  Where 
walls  are  faced  with  brick  in  running  bond,  every  sixth 
course  shall  be  bonded  into  the  backing  by  cutting  the  course 
of  face  brick  and  putting  clipped  headers  behind  the  same,  or 
by  splitting  the  face  brick  in  half  and  backing  the  same  with 
a continuous  course  of  headers,  or  by  the  use  of  approved 
metal  bond.  If  laid  in  hot  weather,  the  brick  shall  be  well 
wet  immediately  before  being  laid.  In  the  construction,  no 
side  wall  shall  be  carried  up  in  advance  of  the  rear  wall.  All 
walls  shall  be  securely  braced  during  the  process  of  erection. 
As  soon  as  the  wall  reaches  the  grade  of  the  street  or  lot,  the 
space  on  the  outside  shall  be  filled  up  as  soon  as  practicable 
in  a substantial  manner,  and  the  paving,  if  any  has  been  dis- 
turbed, shall  be  replaced — the  space  being  first  thoroughly 
grouted. 

§ 4.  Thickness.  All  walls  for  business  buildings  of 
brick  or  stone,  which  are  not  over  sixty  (60)  feet  in  length, 
shall  be  of  a thickness,  in  inches,  not  less  than  is  desig‘nated 
by  the  following  table,  viz. : 

BUSINESS  BUILDINGS 

Inclosing  Walls 

Stories 


Basement 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 7 

1 Story 

Building 

12 

12 

2 Story 

Building 

16 

12 

12 

• 

3 Story 

Building 

16 

16 

12 

12 

4 Story 

Building 

20 

16 

16 

12 

12 

5 Story 

Building 

24 

20 

16 

16 

12 

12 

6 Story 

Building 

..J 24 

20 

20 

20 

16 

12 

12 

7 Story 

Building 

28 

28 

24 

20 

20 

16 

12  12 

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Division  of  Party  Walls 

Stories- 

Basement  1 2 v5  4 5 6 7 

2 Story  Building 12  12  12 

3 Story  Building 16  12  12  12 

4 Story  Building ,.20  16  16  12  12 

5 Story  Building 24  20  16  16  12  12 

6 Story  Building 24  20  20  16  16  12  12 

7 Story  Building 28  24  20  20  16  16  12  12 

Front  and  Rear  Walls,  IP  Not  Used  for  Bearing 

Stories 

Basement  1 ' 2 3 4 5 6 7 

4 Story  Building 20  16  16  12  12 

5 Story  Building ! 20  20  16  12  12  12 

6 Story  Building 24  20  20  16  16  12  12 

7 Story  Building 24  20  20  20  16  16  12  12 

Cross  Partition  Walls — N on-supporting 

Stories 

Basement  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

1 Story  Building 12  8 

2 Story  Building 12  12  8 

3 Story  Building 16  12  12  8 

4 Story  Building 16  16  12  12  8 

5 Story  Building 20  16  16  12  12  8 

6 Story  Building 24  20  16  16  12  12  8 

7 Story  Building 24  20  20  16  16  12  12  8 

All  walls  for  dwelling  houses,  or  for  dwelling  and  business 
purposes  combined,  shall  be  of  a thickness,  in  inches,  not  less 
than  designated  by  the  following  table,  viz.: 


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DWELLINGS 


Inclosing  Walls 

— — Stories— — 
Basement  12  3 4 


1 Story  Building  and  Basement 8 8 

2 Story  Building 12  8 8 

3 Story  Building 16  12  12  8 

Over  Three  Stories 16  16  12  12  8 


If  span  is  over  18  feet,  no  walls  less  than  12  inches 


Division  Walls 

Basement 


2 Story  Building 10 

3 Story  Building 12 

Over  Three  Stories 16 


Stories 

12  3 4 

8 8 
12  8 8 

12  12  8 8 


COMBINATION  DWELLING  AND  BUSINESS 


Inclosing  Walls 

Stories 

Basement  1 ' ,2  3 4 

2 Story  Building 12  12  8 

3 Story  Building 16  12  12  8 

4 Stories  and  Over 20  16  12  12  8 


2 Story  Building .. 

3 Story  Building.. 

4 Stories  and  Over 


Division  Walls 


Stories- 

Basement  12  3 

12  12  8 

16  12  12  8 

16  16  12  12 


4 

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INCREASE  OR  DECREASE  OF  THICKNESS 

If  the  walls  aforesaid  shall  be  required  to  support  a 
trussed  roof  or  ceiling  more  than  fifteen  feet  and  less  than 
twenty-five  feet  high,  the  said  walls  shall  be  at  least  sixteen 
inches  thick,  and  if  twenty-five  feet  or  over  in  height,  the 
wall  shall  be  at  least  twenty-four  inches  thick.  In  case  the 


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walls  are  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  in  length,  the 
thickness  shall  be  increased  four  inches  over  that  stated  in  the 
above  table,  unless  there  are  in  the  building  cross  walls  of 
equal  height  with  the  inclosing  wall  in  question.  If  solid 
buttresses  are  employed,  having  a sectional  area  of  three  hun- 
dred or  more  square  inches,  set  not  further  than  eighteen  feet 
apart,  and  extend  to  the  top  of  the  wall,  four  inches  may  be 
deducted  from  the  thickness  of  the  wall. 

§ 5.  When  brick  or  stone  or  block  buildings  have  the 
joist  carried  on  steel,  concrete  or  wood  girders  and  not  on 
outside  walls,  walls  shall  be  pilastered  with  footings,  founda- 
tions and  pilasters  of  such  size  and  material  as  to  be  safe 
for  the  ultimate  load  that  may  come  on  them,  in  which  case 
the  walls  between  pilasters  may  be  of  less  thickness  than 
provided  for  in  the  tables. 

§ 6.  Stone  Facing.  Where  a wall  has  cut  stone-  or  terra 
cotta  facing,  it  shall  be  backed  up  with  brick  work  of  the 
thickness  prescribed  above,  securely  anchoring  the  two;  but 
if  such  facing  is  so  constructed  as  to  be  in  a great  measure 
self-supporting,  four  inches  in  thickness  may  be  deducted; 
Ashlar  fronts,  properly  bonded  to  the  brick,  may  have  back- 
ing of  the  same  thickness  as  self-supporting  stone  facing. 

§ 7.  Openings.  If  an  opening  is  hereafter  cut  or  is  here-' 
after  constructed  in  a party  or  division  wall,  the  top,  bottom 
and  sides  shall  be  of  concrete,  stone,  brick  or  iron,  and  such 
opening  shall  be  fitted  with  two  doors  or  sets  of  doors,  of 
wrought  iron  or  metal  covered,  said  doors  to  close  auto- 
matically, and  which  shall  be  kept  closed  at  night;  such  open- 
ings shall  not  exceed  in  size  eight  (8)  by  ten  (10)  feet.  If 
openings  exceed  25  per  cent  of  the  area  of  the  walls,  same 
must  be  increased  by  four  inches,  and  if  it  exceeds  50  per 
cent,  it  shall  be  increased  by  eight  inches,  as  provided  for  in 
the  table. 

§ 8.  Fire  Walls.  If  the  building  is  of  brick  or  stone  and 
has  a flat  roof,  the  side  walls  and  fire  walls  shall  extend  at 
least  eighteen  inches  above  the  roof,  not  less  in  thickness  than 


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the  wall  in  the  last  story,  and  shall  have  a coping  of  incom- 
bustible materials;  and  where  the  roof  is  not  flat,  the  walls 
and  division  walls  shall  be  carried  up  flush  with  the  upper 
edge  of  the  rafters,  and  the  sheathing  shall  be  bedded  in  mor- 
tar. In  all  double  houses,  brick  or  frame,  there  shall  be  an 
eight-inch  brick  or  tile  division  wall  up  to  the  attic  floor.  In 
the  attic,  a fire-proof  partition  shall  be  built  to  the  roof. 

§ 9.  Hollow  Walls.  Where  the  wall  is  not  used  as  bear- 
ing wall,  it  may  be  hollow,  but  in  such  case  it  shall  be  bonded 
or  tied  together  with  incombustible  anchors  at  distances  not 
exceeding  three  feet  apart.  Walls  constructed  of  cement 
blocks,  hollow  tile  or  hollow  brick,  or  of  brick,  stone  or  terra 
cotta  facing  with  hollow  tile  or  hollow  brick  backing,  shall, 
if  necessary,  be  heavier  than  if  constructed  of  ordinary  brick. 

§ 10.  Recesses.  No  continuous  vertical  recess  chase  or 
any  flue  shall  be  constructed  in  any  wall  so  as  to  leave  the 
thickness  back  of  the  same  less  than  eight  inches,  nor  shall 
the  same  be  nearer  together  than  seven  feet. 

§ 11.  Division  Walls.  All  buildings  of  non-fire-proof 
construction  used  as  business  houses  shall  have  a division  wall 
at  least  for  every  fifty  feet  of  their  width,  and  likewise  such 
as  are  used  as  dwellings,  tenements,  flats  or  lodging  houses 
to  be  occupied  by  four  families  or  more  shall  have  a division 
wall  at  least  for  every  forty  feet  of  their  width,  which  wall 
shall  extend  through  the  entire  length  of  the  building,  and 
from  the  bottom  to  the  top,  through  the  roof,  ending  in  a 
fire  wall. 

§ 12.  Weight  Supported  by  Columns.  In  case  of  what  is 
termed  skeleton  construction  and  where  the  weight  is  sup- 
ported by  columns,  in  whole  or  in  part,  the  thickness  of  the 
wall  may  be  reduced  from  the  above  tables. 

§ 13.  Mansard.  Mansard  roof  shall  not  be  constructed 
within  fire  limits  unless  made  fire-proof. 

§ 14.  Fire-proof  Cornices.  Where  the  building  is  located 
in  the  fire  limits,  the  roof  shall  be  constructed  of  slate,  tile, 


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tin  or  of  other  metallic  substance,  or  of  any  incombustible 
material,  including  what  is  known  as  composition  roofing 
covered  with  gravel ; and  all  cornices,  gutters  and  eves  shall 
be  made  of  incombustible  materials.  Such  cornices,  if  metal, 
shall  be  supported^  by  iron  brackets  one-fourth  by  one  and 
one-fourth  inches,  four  feet  apart  and  firmly  imbedded'^in  the 
wall.  Cornices  constructed  of  stone  shall  in  no  case  extend 
more  than  thirty  inches  beyond  the  face  of  the  wall,  and  the 
preponderating  weight  of  the  stones  used  shall  be  upon  the 
wall. 

§ 15.  Bracing.  All  roofs  shall  be  securely  braced  with 
braces,  ties  and  cross-ties,  so  as  to  secure  strength  in  resisting 
storms  and  so  as  to  prevent  immediate  collapse  in  case  of  fire. 

§ 16.  Scuttle  Holes.  All  flat  roofs  shall  be  so  construct- 
ed as  to  be  reached  by  a scuttle  at  least  twenty  by  thirty  inches 
in  size,  and  which  shall  have  a stationary  ladder  or  stairway 
attached  thereto. 

§ 17.  Skylight.  Skylights  shall  be  constructed  of  wire 
glass  in  metal  frames,  and  wood  curbings,  if  any,  around  open- 
ings covered  with  galvanized  iron. 

§ 18.  Chimneys.  All  chimneys  shall  rest  upon  the 
ground,  on  solid  foundation,  and  shall  have  walls  not  less 
than  eight  inches  thick,  but  this  may  be  reduced  to  four 
inches  if  the  chimney  is  lined  with  fire  clay  flue  lining  from 
clean-out  at  the  bottom  to  the  top  of  the  chimney.  If,  how- 
ever, inside  dimensions  exceed  three  hundred  square  inches, 
the  thickness  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  inches  up  to  the 
point  fifteen  feet  above  smoke  inlet.  All  flues  and  chimneys 
shall  be  straight,  if  possible,  and  in  no  case  be  offset  more 
than  its  own  inside  dimensions.  No  smoke  pipe  shall  pass 
through  any  floor  and  no  ladders  or  scaffolding  shall  be  re- 
move^l  from  any  roof  until  permission  is  given  by  the  In- 
spector. 

All  chimneys  which  shall  be  dangerous  in  any  manner,  or 
shall  be  in  a dangerous  condition,  shall  be  repaired  and  made 
safe  or  taken  down. 


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MISCELLANEOUS 

§ 19.  Floor  Beams  Clear  of  Flue.  All  floor  beams,  joists 
and  headers  shall  be  kept  at  least  two  inches  clear  of  any 
wall  inclosing  smoke  flue,  and  such  flue  shall  be  covered  with 
a heavy  coat  of  plaster  before  any  wood  work  ’is  placed 
against  it,  and  no  wood  work  where  practicable  shall  be 
nearer  than  two  inches  to  the  flue. 

§ 20.  Hearths  and  Fire  Places.  All  hearths  shall  rest  on 
trimmer  arches — the  header  to  be  kept  at  least  eighteen  inches 
from  the  chimney.  The  back  of  every  fireplace  shall  be  at 
least  eight  inches  thick. 

§ 21.  Hot  Air  Furnaces.  All  hot  air  furnaces,  either 
portable  or  brick  set,  shall  be  kept  at  least  six  inches  from 
the  joist.  Portable  cased  furnaces  shall  have  the  top  concaved 
at  least  three  inches  deep  and  the  top  filled  with  sand;  brick 
set  shall  have  two  layers  of  brick  or  four  inches  of  re-inforced 
concrete  over  the  top  of  furnace,  laid  and  bedded  in  mortar. 
The  joist  over  top  of  furnace  shall  be  covered  Avith  corru- 
gated iron  or  other  metal,  and  all  smoke  pipes  within  twenty 
inches  of  the  joist  shall  be  protected  with  corrugated  iron 
or  metal.  No  smoke  pipe  shall  enter  flue  nearer  than  ten 
inches  from  joist.  All  furnaces  shall  be  placed  on  founda- 
tions of  brick,  stone  or  cement.  All  risers  or  stacks  placed 
between  partitions  shall  be  made  double,  with  one-fourth  inch 
air  space  between  the  two  thicknesses  of  tin.  All  basement 
hot  air  pipes  and  register  boxes  shall  be  made  of  I C or  I X 
bright  tin,  wrapped  with  one  layer  of  twelve-pound  asbestos 
paper.  All  hot  air  registers  set  in  first  floor  shall  be  set  in 
incombustible  borders,  or,  if  border  is  left  ofif,  use  double 
boxes,  the  opening  shall  be  lined  with  two  layers  of  asbestos 
paper  and  one  layer  of  tin.  All  first  floor  side  wall  registers 
shall  be  set  in  double  register  boxes,  connected  with  double 
boots. 

§ 22.  Steam  Pipes.  Steam  pipes  shall  be  kept  at  least 
one-quarter  of  an  inch  from  all  wood  work.  No  pipes  shall  be 
laid  into  the  joists  or  beams  of  any  floor  to  a greater  depth 


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than  two  inches  and  not  more  than  two  feet  from  the  ends 
of  the  joists  or  beams. 

§ 23.  Boiler  Room.  The  wood  work  of  all  boiler  houses 
and  boiler  rooms  shall  be  kept  at  least  six  feet  from  the  boiler 
and  four  feet  from  the  breaching  or  smoke  conductor  and 
one  foot  from  the  dome  of  the  boiler,  unless  such  wood 
work  is  properly  protected  with  incombustible  material,  and 
then  there  shall  be  ^at  least  two  feet  space  from  the  boiler  or 
smoke  pipe  and  the  protection,  unless  the  smoke  pipe  is  in- 
sulated with  1-inch  asbestos,  or  its  equal,  their  distances  may 
be  reduced  to  twelve  inches.  No  brick  oven,  coffee  roaster  or 
any  like  structure  to  contain  fire  shall  be  erected  or  permitted 
on  a Yv^ooden  floor  of  any  building.  The  floor  of  all  rooms, 
when  containing  stationary  boilers,  shall  be  made  of  incom- 
bustible materials  five  feet  on  all  sides  and  at  least  eight  feet 
in  front  of  the  boiler. 

§ 23a.  Permit  Shall  Be  Obtained.  In  every  case  where 
steam  boiler,  hot  water  boiler,  or  hot  air  furnace  is  to  be  in- 
stalled, a permit  shall  be  obtained  by  the  party  installing  the 
same,  and  the  fee  shall  be  the  same  as  in  Section  48. 

§ 24.  Floors.  All  floors,  ceilings  and  roofs  shall  bear  a 
safe  weight  per  superficial  foot,  exclusive  of  material,  as  fol- 
lows; Floors  for  dwelling,  tenement  or  lodging  houses,  or 
schools  with  fixed  desks,  sixty  pounds ; for  schools  with 
moveable  desks  or  buildings  intended  for  light  mechanical 
purposes,  and  public  buildings,  one  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds;  for  storehouses,  warehouses,  machine  shops, 
armories,  drill  rooms  and  other  similar  buildings,  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds  or  over,  depending  on  the  purpose 
erected  for.  Ceilings,  twenty  pounds;  roofs,  forty  pounds. 

The  following  dimensions  shall  be  used  in  frame  dwell- 
ing houses  : 

Minimum  size  of  material  used — 

Span  8 feet  and  not  over  14  feet,  2x  8 16"  o.  c. 

Span  14  feet  and  not  over  18  feet,  2x10  16"  o.  c. 


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Span  18  feet  and  not  over  22  feet,  2x12  16"  o.  c. 
Span  22  feet  and  not  over  24  feet,  2x14  16"  o.  c. 


Ceiling  joists  can  be  2 inches  less  for  above  span. 
Center  girders  supporting  joists  not  over  14  feet — 


( )ne  Story 

Span  6 to  9 feet.  6x  8 
Span  9 to  12  feet,  6x10 
Span  12  to  14  feet,  8x10 


Two  Story 
6 to  9 feet,  6x10 
9 to  12  feet,  6x12 
12  to  14  feet,  8x12 


Posts  supporting  center  girders — 

For  6x  8 girders,  6x6  posts,  footing  not  less  than  10x24x24 

For  6x10  girders,  6x8  posts,  footing  not  less  than  12x30x30 

For  8x10  girders,  8x8  posts,  footing  not  less  than  14x36x36 

Joists  supporting  partitions:  One  story  to  be  double,  two 

stories  to  be  triple. 

Where  plumbing  and  heating  pipes  pass  through  parti- 
tions, separate  the  joists  so  that  same  do  not  have  to  be  cut. 
Spike  blocks  between  joists,  not  over  three  feet  part,  to  sup- 
port partition. 

Joists  supporting  headers  over  three  feet  long  to  be 
double.  If  supporting  both  tail  joist  and  partition,  three  joists 
are  required. 

If  joist  supports  partition  over  three  feet  from  bearing, 
extra  support  is  required. 

All  plates  on  foundation  shall  be  not  less  than  2x6,  set  in 
cement  mortar.  All  ^partitions  carrying  joists  to  have  double 
plates. 

All  openings  to  have  proper  support  to  carry  load  placed 
on  same. 

All  rafters  for  shingles  or  other  similar  roofs  over  12  feet 


Valley  rafters  over  8 feet  long — 2x8;  if  over  16  feet — 2x10. 
All  joists  to  have  bridging  every  seven  feet. 

Above  rules  apply  to  60  pounds  per  square  foot. 


—2x6. 


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These  requirements  .shall  apply  to  all  alterations  as  well 
as  new  buildings. 

§ 25.  Joists.  Where  joists  enter  a brick  wall  they  shall 
be  so  cut  as  not  to  disturb  the  brick  work  by  any  deflection 
or  breaking,  and  where  placed  in  a party  or  division  wall 
there  shall  be  atfleast  four  inches  of  solid  brick  work  between- 
the  ends.  In  business  buildings  where  the  upper  stories  are 
intended  for  residence  purposes  or  offices  and  the  bearing 
walls  do  not  extend  through  the  building,  the  joists  must  rest 
on  girders,  supported  by  columns,  and  shall  not,  in  such  cases, 
rest  on  studding  partitions;  joists  shall  be  of  proper  dimen- 
sions to  sustain  the  load  to  be  placed  on  the  floor,  and  shall 
be  bridged  with  cross  bridging.  Headers  in  floor  framing  in 
business  buildings,  placed  more  than  two  feet  from  the  end 
of  a trimmer,  shall  be  supported  by  an  iron  stirrup.  Girders 
may  rest  on  piers  of  stone  or  brick  or  concrete,  or  on  columns 
of  wood  or  iron  of  suitable  strength. 

§ 26.  Partitions.  In  brick  or  stone  buildings,  plank  or 
board  partitions  shall  not  aggregate  on  any  one  floor  more 
than  one  hundred  and  fifty  superficial  feet,  measuring  on  one 
side.  In  tenement  buildings,  they  shall  be  made  of  scantling, 
lathed  and  plastered  on  both  sides,  and  shall  be  filled  with 
brick  work  at  least  eight  inches  above  the  floor.  Scantling 
partitions  shall  not  be  used  as  a support  for  the  roof,  except 
in  case  of  dwelling  house,  two  stories  or  under.  Tenement 
buildings  shall  be  properly  ventilated. 

§ 27.  Bracing  of  Walls  in  Frame  Dwellings.  All  walls 
in  frame  buildings,  both  exterior  and  partition,  shall  be  se- 
curely braced,  and  shall  be  bridged  at  least  once  in  every 
nine  feet  of  their  height  with  material  two  inches  thick,  of  the 
same  width  as  the  studding,  so  as  to  prevent  forming  a draft 
or  flue  in  case  of  fire. 

§ 28.  Standpipe.  Buildings  three  stories  or  more  in 
height  shall  have  a two-inch  iron  standpipe  inside  the  build- 
ing, located  at  some  convenient  place,  connected  with  the 
water  mains  with  couplings  on  each  floor,  so  that  the  fire  hose 


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can  be  attached.  A three-inch  iron  standpipe  with  two  and 
one-half-inch  hose  connections  at  each  floor  shall  be  located 
on  the  outside  of  the  building  at  some  convenient  place.  The 
city  may  require  more  than  one  standpipe  in  case  of  large 
buildings. 


FIRE  ESCAPES 

§ 29.  Fire  Escapes.  All  buildings  now  existing,  and 
such  as  may  be  hereafter  built,  more  than  two  stories  in 
height,  used  for  manufacturing  purposes,  for  hotels,  dormi- 
tories, schools,  seminaries,  hospitals  or  asylums,  shall  have 
at  least  one  fire  escape  for  each  fifty  persons  for  which  work- 
ing, sleeping  or  living  accommodations  are  provided;  above 
the  second  story  of  such  building  and  all  buildings  three  or 
more  stories  in  height,  excepting  such  as  are  used  for  private 
dwelling  exclusively,  but  including  flats  and  apartment  build- 
ings with  only  one  stairway,  and  all  public  halls,  which  pro- 
vide seating  room  above  the  first  floor,  shall  be  provided  with 
at  least  one  fire  escape  for  every  story  above  the  first.  Such 
fire  escapes  shall  consist  of  metallic  stairs  and  shall  be  at- 
tached to  the  uppermost  story  and  above  the  roof,  and  have 
platforms  of  such  form  and  dimensions  and  in  such  proxim- 
ity to  one  or  more  windows  or  doors  of  each  story  above  the 
first  as  to  render  access  easy  and  safe.  They  shall  extend  to 
within  eight  feet  of  the  ground,  or  have  a counterbalance  that 
will  reach  to  the  ground.  The  provisions  for  fire  escapes 
shall  extend  to  buildings  heretofore  constructed. 

All  owners  of  buildings  now  erected  which  do  not  comply 
with  this  section  shall  be  notified  immediately  upon  the  pas- 
sage of  this  ordinance  to  conform  herewith  within  a period 
of  not  more  than  thirty  days. 

§ 30.  Hoistway  Opening.  All  openings  in  floors  used  as 
hoistways,  without  elevators,  shall  have  trap  doors  covered 
with  metal  on*the  under  side,  and  while  open  shall  be  guarded 
with  a sufficient  fence  or  gate  to  protect  persons  from  falling 
therein. 


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31;  Elevators  and  Stairs.  All  elevators  and  stairs  for 
passenger  or  for  freight  use  in  buildings  four  stories  or 
over  shall  be  encased  in  a fire-proof  shaft,  extending  from 
the  bottom  to  a point  eighteen  inches  above  the  top  of  the 
roof.  All  doors  in  the  shaft  shall  have  latches  so  contrived 
as  to  be  opened  only  on  the  inside,  except  by  a key,  and  such 
doors  shall  be  metal,  and  under  the  control  of  the  operator. 
In  three  story  or  fire-proof  buildings,  said  shaft  may  be  en- 
closed w^ith  steel  and  wire  glass. 

§ 32.  Space  Under  Sidewalks.  Any  person  desirous  of 
utilizing  the  space  under  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  any  build- 
ing owned  by  him  shall  construct  a sufficient  stone  or  hard 
burnt  brick  or  concrete  wall  to  retain  the  roadway  of  the 
street,  and  shall  extend  the  side  walls,  division  and  party 
walls  of  such  building  under  the  sidewalk  to  such  curb  wall; 
and  the  sidewalk  in  such  cases  shall  be  incombustible  ma- 
terial, entirely  supported  by  walls  of  iron  beams  and  columns ; 
openings  in  such  walls  for  the  admission  of  coal  or  light 
shall  be  covered  with  prismatic  lights  in  iron  frames,  or  with 
iron  covers  having  a rough  surface,  and  in  no  case  will  a 
smooth  surface  be  permitted  on  any  such  cover.  No  plain 
surface  glass  shall  be  placed  in  any  sidewalk.  In  all  cases 
where  the  sidewalks  are  to  be  thus  used,  a permit  shall  be 
first  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings;  such 
permit  shall  specify  the  details  of  such  construction,  and 
shall  be  approved  by  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings.  The 
owner  shall  furnish  a bond  to  indemnify  the  city  against  any 
loss  that  may  be  awarded  against  the  city,  due  to  accidents 
resulting  from  faulty  construction  and  maintenance.  Said 
bond  to  be  approved  by  the  Council. 

§ 33.  Use  of  Street  While  Building  Is  Under  Construc- 
tion. The  occupation  of  any  street  or  sidewalk  during  the 
progress  of  building,  alteration  or  repairs  is  hereby  restricted 
as  follows:  To  a space  immediately  in  front  of  the  premises, 
covering  the  nearest  sidewalk  and  not  more  than  one-third 
of  the  roadway,  if  without  the  fire  limits;  if  within  the  fire 
limits,  the  nearest  sidewalk  and  no  more,  or  one-third  of  the 


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street,  measuring  from  the  nearest  curb,  as  preferred  by  the 
petitioner.  If  the  sidewalk  be  not  used  the  Superintendent  of 
Buildings  shall  require  the  walk  to  be  substantially  and  se- 
curely covered  while  work  is  going  on,  and  no  gutter  shall  be 
so  obstructed  as  to  hinder  the  free  flow  of  water  therein. 
Before  any  sidewalk  or  street  shall  be  so  used,  a permit  must 
be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings  and  the 
person  to  whom  issued  shall  have  filed  with  the  City  Clerk 
his  bond,  with  at  least  one  good  and  sufficient  surety,  con- 
ditional for  the  faithful  compliance  with  the  terms  of  said 
permit  and  with  all  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  that  the  ap- 
plicant will  pay  all  damages  to  any  property  or  persons  in- 
jured by  the  act  or  neglect  of  the  applicant  and  of  his  agents, 
employes  and  representatives  in  such  sidew^alk  and  street; 
and  that  he  will  yield  up  without  delay  such  sidewalks  and 
street  in  the  like  good  condition  in  which  they  were  taken. 
If  practicable,  a sidewalk  or  passageway  not  less  than  four 
feet  wide  shall  be  maintained  at  all  times  while  such  permit 
is  in  force. 

§ 34.  Plumbing.  All  plumbing,  sewers  and  house  drains 
shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  plumbing  ordinances 
of  this  city. 


FIRE-PROOF  BUILDINGS 

§ 35.  Fire-Proof  Buildings.  All  buildings  with  a height 
from  the  level  of  the  sidewalk  to  the  highest  point  on  the  roof 
of  eighty  feet,  and  all  hotels,  lodging  and  tenement  houses, 
four  stories  or  more  in  height,  shall  be  built  of  fire-proof — 
that  is  to  say,  shall  be  constructed  with  walls  of  brick,  stone, 
concrete,  tile  or  other  hard,  incombustible  materials,  in  which 
timber  lintels  or  other  bond  timbers  shall  not  be  placed,  and 
in  which  the  floors  and  roofs  shall  be  of  materials  similar  to 
the  walls.  The  stairs  and  staircase  landings  shall  be  built 
entirely  of  brick,  stone,  iron  or  other  hard,  incombustible 
materials.  No  wood  work  or  other  inflammable  materials 
shall  be  used  in  any  of  the  partitions,  furrings  or  ceilings  in 
any  such  fire-proof  buildings,  excepting,  however,  that  the 


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doors  and  window  frames,  the  trims,  casings,  the  interior 
finish  and  the  floor  boards  and  the  sleepers  directly  there- 
under may  be  of  wood. 

In  all  fire-proof  buildings  hereafter  constructed  the  fol- 
lowing rules  must  be  observed  : 

First:  All  iron  columns  shall  be  made  true  and  smooth  at 
both  ends,  shall  rest  on  cast  iron  plates  and  have  cast  iron 
caps,  which  shall  also  be  made  true.  All  iron  trimmers, 
beams,  headers  and  tail  girders,  columns  and  trusses,  and  all 
other  iron  work  of  all  floors  and  roofs  shall  be  strapped, 
bolted,  anchored  and  connected  together  and  to  the  walls  in 
a strong  and  substantial  manner. 

Second:  Under  the  ends  of  all  beams  where  they  rest  on 
the  walls,  a stone  or  cast  iron  template  must  be  built  into  the 
walls,  said  template  to  be  at  least  twelve  inches  wide  and  not 
less  than  sixteen  inches  long. 

Third:  The  space  between  the  beams  shall  be  filled  in 
with  sectional  hollow  brick  of  burnt  clay,  having  a depth  of 
not  less  than  one  and  one-quarter  inches  to  each  foot  of  span, 
a variable  distance  of  not  over  six  inches  in  span  between 
the  beams  being  allowed,  or  some  equally  good  fire-proof 
material,  such  as  Portland  cement  or  concrete  properly  re- 
inforced, may  be  used. 

Fourth:  All  structural  steel  shall  be  properly  fire-proofed 
with  not  less  than  two  inches  of  concrete  or  terra  cotta. 

THEATRES,  ETC. 

§ 36.  Theatres,  etc. — Every  theatre  or  opera  house  seat- 
ing over  five  hundred  people,  and  any  church,  hall,  school  or 
other  building  intended  as  a place  of  public  assemblage, 
seating  one  thousand  or  over,  hereafter  built  shall  have  the 
floors,  roof,  walls  and  partitions  built  of  incombustible  ma- 
terial. No  stairway  shall  rise  more  than  ten  feet  without  a 
platform,  and  no  winders,  wheeling  or  circular  steps  shall  be 
used.  The  width  of  the  stairwav  shall  not  be  less  than  five 


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feet,  and  there  shall  be  on  each  side  a strong  hand  rail.  There 
shall  be  at  least  two  separate  exits  from  the  main  floor.  The 
exits  from  all  galleries  shall  be  independent  of  the  exit  from 
the  main  room.  In  all  such  buildings,  except  churches,  the 
word  ‘‘exit”  shall  be  posted  conspicuously  over  every  avenue 
of  egress.  The  proscenium  wall  shall  be  of  brick  and  not  less 
than  sixteen  inches  thick  and  shall  extend  through  the  roof. 
The  curtain  opening  shall  be  fitted  with  an  asbestos  curtain. 
The  stage  shall  be  entirely  shut  ofif  from  the  auditorium. 
There  shall  be  placed  over  the  stage  a ventilator,  so  arranged 
as  to  automatically  open  in  case  of  fire.  In  theatres  and  opera 
houses  where  intended  to  accommodate  five  hundred  or  more 
people  the  main  floor  shall  not  be  over  five  feet  above  the 
level  of  the  street;  and  such  theatres  and  opera  houses  shall 
have  at  least  two  four-inch  standpipes  attached  to  the  water 
mains — one  to  be  placed  on  the  stage  and  one  in  the  audito- 
rium— to  which  hose  shall  be  constantly  kept  attached,  in 
good  order  and  condition,  and  of  suflicient  length  to  reach  all 
parts  of  the  building.  Where  the  building  has  a seating- 
capacity  of 'Over  one  thousand  there  shall  be  a fire  alarm 
system  maintained,  connecting  with  the  city  fire  departments, 
and  during  all  entertainments  a fireman  shall  be  kept  on 
duty;  provided,  also,  that  every  theatre,  opera  house,  church, 
hall  or  building  intended  as  a place  for  public  assemblages, 
already  built,  shall  within  thirty  days  after  this  date  be 
changed  as  to  conform  to  the  requirements  aforesaid,  except 
that  it  shall  not  be  required  to  rebuild  the  floor,  proscenium 
wall  or  partitions. 

REPAIRS  AND  ADDITIONS 

§ 37.  Conditions  of  Making.  Outside  of  fire  limits  any 
existing  building  may  be  repaired  without  a permit,  provided 
the  repair  or  addition  to  be  made  will  not  increase  the  height 
or  the  area  of  the  building,  or  change  the  heating  appliances, 
the  plumbing,  the  outside  walls,  chimneys  or  the  roof  ; and  in 
cases  of  buildings  outside  of  the  fire  limits  where  the  height 
or  area  of  the  building,  the  heating  appliances,  the  plumbing, 
the  outside  walls,  the  chimneys  or  the  roof,  or  any  of  them. 


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are  affected,  a permit  must  be  obtained,  and  such  repairs  and 
additions  must  conform  in  character  to  the  requirements  as 
to  new  buildings;  and  when  any  building  is  located  within 
the  hre  limits,  no  repairs  or  alterations  whatsoever  shall  be 
made  without  a permit.  Buildings  outside  of  fire  limits  not 
used  exclusively  as  dwellings,  shall  come  under  provisions 
for  buildings  within  fire  limits. 

§ 38.  Use  of  Party  Wall.  Any  party  wall  now  existing 
that  shall  have  been  built  conformably  to  the  requirements 
of  the  ordinance  regulating  the  construction  of*  such  walls 
and  in  force  at  the  time  of  such  construction,  if  sound  and  in 
good  condition,  may  be  used  in  the  construction  of  an  ad- 
joining building;  provided,  however,  that  no  brick  wall  shall 
be  placed  on  such  wall  to  give  additional  height  to  the  wall 
unless  the  thickness  of  the  old  wall  in  each  story  shall  be  at 
least  equal  to  the  thickness  required  for  division  walls.  This 
shall  apply  in  all  cases  where  it  is  desired  to  give  additional 
height  to  any  business  building.  In  case  of  outside  walls  of 
any  business  building  being  built  against  the  walls  of  any  old 
building  (not  being  a party  wall),  the  new  wall  shall  be  of 
the  same  thickness  required  for  outside  walls  in  such  build- 
ing. 

§ 39.  Increasing  Height.  Whenever  it  is  sought  to  in- 
crease the  height  of  any  building  beyond  the  height  for  which 
the  original  permit  was  granted,  the  thickness  of  the  walls 
shall  also  be  increased  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  table, 
but  no  additional  height  shall  be  added  until  a permit  is 
granted  for  the  same. 

§ 40.  Fire  Limits  Defined.  The  fire  limits  shall  be  as 
now  or  hereafter  established. 

§ 41.  Wooden  Buildings  Prohibited.  No  wooden  build- 
ing shall  hereafter  be  erected,  placed  or  repaired  within  said 
fire  limits,  excepting  upon  terms  and  conditions  imposed 
herein,  except  exterior  wood  or  coal  houses,  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  square  feet  area  and  not  exceeding  eight  feet 
high,  which  may  be  built  of  wood,  excepting  the  roof  and 


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sides  thereof,  which  shall  be  covered  with  metal,  gravel  or 
other  approved  materials. 

§ 42.  Buildings  to  Conform.  All  buildings  hereafter 
erected  inside  of  the  fire  limits  shall  conform  to  each  and  all 
of  the  requirements  above  specified,  and,  further,  the  outside 
walls  shall  be  of  stone,  brick,  iron  or  other  incombustible 
materials,  and  the  roof  shall  be  of  iron,  tin,  slate,  or  felt,  tar 
or  composition  roofing  covered  with  distilled  roofing  cement 
and  then  with  a heavy  coating  of  gravel,  and  all  cornices, 
window  caps  and  sills  shall 'be  composed  of ’incombustible 
materials,  and  all  windows  and  doors  in  the  side  and  end  of 
such  building  shall  have  steel  wire  glass  windows  and  steel 
or  tin  clad  doors  and  frames  where  .the  exposure  is  twenty 
feet  or  less,  including  alleys. 

§ 43.  No  Wooden  Buildings  to  be  Removed.  No  wood 
or  other  building  within  or  without  the  tire  limits  shall  be 
moved  from  one  lot  to  another  until  a statement  setting  forth 
the  qDurpose  of  said  removal  and  uses  to  which  said  building 
is  to  be  applied,  together  with  the  consent  of  the  Street  Com- 
missioner, is  filed  with  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings  and 
a permit  obtained  therefor.  Accompanying  said  statement 
shall  be  filed  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  adjoining  and 
abutting  property  owners  to  the  location  of^the  said  building. 
And  in  all  cases  where  buildings  are  moved  from  one  lot  to 
another,  they  shall  comply  with  the  same  requirements  as  a 
new  building. 

§ 44.  Wooden  Buildings — Condition  as  to  Repairing. 
In  case  any  building  inside  the  fire  limits  is  damaged  by  fire, 
decay  or  otherwise,  in  an  amount  exceeding  fifty  per  cent  of 
its  value,  exclusive  of  foundation,  it  shall  be  torn  down  or 
removed  and  no  repairs  shall  be  made 'to  the  same.  In  case 
any  building  or  buildings,  part  or  parts  of  any  building, 
staging  or  structure  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  from  any 
cause  may  be  or  shall  at  any  time  hereafter  become  unsafe, 
same  shall  be  removed  or  taken  down  or  made  safe  and  secure. 
The  manner  of  ascertaining  such  damages  shall  be  as  follows: 
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the  Council  and  the  Council  shall  determine  whether  or  not 
the  damages  exceed  fifty  per  cent  or  whether  or  not  the 
structure  is  safe.  If  in  the  judgment  of  the  Council  the  dam- 
ages do  exceed  fifty  per  cent,  and  in  case  the  owner  fails 
upon  five  days  written  notice  to  remove  the  same,  said  officer 
shall  do  so,  and  the  cost  of  such  removal  shall  be  recovered 
of  the  owner  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction.  In  case 
damages  do  not  exceed  fifty  per  cent,  the  building  may  be  re- 
paired, but  in  case  of  wooden  buildings,  no  addition,  repairs 
or  alterations  -shall  in  any  case  be  made  which  increase  the 
height  or  area  of  the  building,  or  change  the  heating  appli- 
ances, the  plumbing  or  the  outside  walls,  chimneys  or  roof, 
unless  the  same  conform  to  the  requirements  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

§ 45.  Billboards.  That  no  signs  or  billboards  of  wood 
or  metal  erected  on  uprights  or  other  supports  extending 
into  the  ground  shall  be  at  any  point  more  than  fourteen  feet 
from  the  ground,  and  a clean  space  under  the  same  of  at  least 
four  feet,  and  the  same  shall  be  properly  supported  and 
braced.  No  permit  for  signs  or  billboards  will  be  issued  until 
a petition  of  consent  signed  by  a majority  of  the  property 
owners  within  a radius  of  one  hundred  feet  of  the  proposed 
billboard  is  filed  with  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings.  An 
existing  billboard  may  be  repaired  without  a petition. 

S UPERINTENDENT 

§ 46.  Superintendent  of  Buildings.  There  is  hereby 
created  the  office  of  Superintendent  of  Buildings,  and  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  such  officer  to  have  the  management 
and  control  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  building,  and  he  shall 
have  charge  of  enforcing  the  ordinances  with  reference  to 
that  subject,  and  shall  examine  the  plans  and  specifications 
submitted  to  him,  and  shall  issue  permits  for  building  where 
the  plans  and  specifications  conform  to  such  ordinance,  and 
he  shall  inspect  the  erection  of  all  buildings,  to  the  end  that 
such  requirements  shall  be  met.  Such  officer  shall  be  an  ex- 
perienced and  competent  person.  Such  officer  shall  be  ap- 


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pointed  and  qualify  and  receive  the  salary  and  serve  for  the 
term  provided  in  the  chapter  of  these  ordinances  concerning 
officers. 

§ 47.  Bond  of  Building  Inspector.  The  said  Building 
Inspector  shall  furnish  a good  and  sufficient  bond  to  insure 
the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  in  the  amount  of  Two 
Thousand  ($2,000.00)  Dollars. 

§ 48.  Application.  Any  person  desiring  to  do  any  build- 
ing or  repairing  other  than  such  as  is  expressly  allowed  with- 
put  a permit,  shall  make  written  application  to  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Buildings,  accompanied  by  plans  and  specihca- 
tions,  setting  forth : 

1st.  The  location  of  the  proposed  work. 

2nd.  General  dimensions,  number  and  height  of  stories. 

3rd.  Dimensions  of  joists  and  timbers  and  distance  apart. 

4th.  Dimensions  of  supporting  iron  work. 

5th.  For  what  purpose  the  building  is  to  be  used. 

6th.  The  estimated  cost  thereof. 

And  agreeing  that  such  building  will  be  constructed  in 
conformity  with  the  ordinances  and  plans,  specifications  and 
description  set  forth. 

Permit  Fees.  If  upon  examination  of  such  construction 
and  such  application  it  is  found  to  conform  to  the  ordinances, 
a written  permit  shall  be  issued  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Buildings,  on  payment  of  fees  on  the  following  basis  : 

On  the  cost  up  to  $100.00,  the  fee  is  $0.25. 

On  the  cost  up  to  $500.00,  the  fee  is  $1.00. 

On  cost  from  $500.00  to  $1,000.00,  the  fee  is  $1.50. 

On  cost  from  $1,000.00  to  $2,000.00,  the  fee  is  $2.00. 

On  cost  for  each  additional  $1,000.00  or  less,  $0.75  ad- 
ditional. Provided,  also,  that  such  fees  shall  not  include  those 
mentioned  in  the  plumbing  and  electrical  ordinances.  And 


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provided,  also,  that  such  certificate  shall  include  a bill  of  fees, 
and  such  permit  shall  be  in  force  only  after  the  applicant 
shall  have  paid  such  fees. 

Parties  owing  water  rent  for  building  construction  more 
than  three  months  past  due  may  be  denied  building  permits 
until  such  arrearage  is  paid. 

§ 49.  Building  Permit.  Each  applicant  for  building  per- 
mit shall  also  file  a list  of  the  following  materials  for  the 
Water  Department:  The  number  of  brick,  number  of  perch 
of  stone  or  concrete,  and  the  number  of  square  yards  of 
plaster. 

§ 50.  Buildings  Must  Be  Approved  by  Superintendent 
of  Buildings.  No  building  shall  be  opened  for  public  assem- 
bly or  entertainments  until  such  building  shall  have  been 
approved  by  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings,  and  his  per- 
mission in  writing  be  given  for  the  same. 

§ 51.  Signs  Over  Sidewalk.  Every  sign  over  a sidewalk 
must  be  of  steel  frame  construction  and  approved  by  the 
Street  Commissioner  and  Superintendent  of  Buildings,  and  a 
bond  indemnifying  the  city  in  an  amount  of  Three  ^Thousand 
($3,000.00)  Dollars  must  be  hied  before  a permit  will  be 
given  for  any  sign  to  be  erected. 

§ 52.  Timber  Must  Be  of  Sound  Material.  That  all  tim- 
ber and  wood  beams  shall  be  of  good,  sound  material,  free 
from  rot,  large  and  loose  knots,  shakes,  or  any  imperfections 
whereby  the  strength  may  be  impaired. 

§ 53.  Permits  Shall  Expire  in  One  Year.  Any  permit 
which  may  be  issued  by  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings,  but 
under  which  no  work  is  commenced  in  one  year  from  time  of 
issuance,  shall  expire  by  limitation. 

§ 54.  Doors  Shall  Open  Outwards.  Doors  of  hotels,  de- 
partment stores,  theatres,  churches,  schools  and  other  build- 
ings where  large  numbers  of  people  congregate  shall  open 


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outwards:  All  buildings  which  do  not  comply  with  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  made  to  comply  within  thirty  days  after  notice  of 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 

§ 55.  Permission  Must  Be  Obtained  for  Lathing.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  builder  when  a building  is 
in  course  of  construction  to  notify  the  Superintendent  of 
Buildings  when  the  building  is  or  will  be  ready  for  lathing, 
and  no  lathing  shall  be  done  until  the  permission  is  given  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Buildings. 

§ 56.  Records  and  Plans  Open  for  Inspection,  flooks 
containing  records  and  all  plans,  statements  and  other  papers 
relating  to  any  applications  are  hereby  declared  to  be  public 
records  and  shall  be  open  for  inspection  at  all  reasonable 
times.  But  such  inspection  shall  not  include  the  right  to  copy 
any  plan  on  file  in  the  Department  of  Buildings,  and  the  copy- 
ing of  any  filed  drawing,  tracing  or  print  is  hereby  pro- 
hibited. 

§ 57.  Inspection  by  Superintendent  of  Buildings.  The 
Superintendent  of  Buildings  shall  have  the  right  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  to  enter  any  building  or  enclosure,  or  upon 
any  property  within  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  for  the  purpose 
of  inspecting  the  same  and  for  enforcing  the  provisions  of 
this  code,  or  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  and  it  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  one  to  hinder  or  prevent  him  from  so 
doing.  And  whenever  necessary,  he  shall  have  the  right  to 
take  with  him  such  assistance  as  he  may  need  in  making  the 
inspection. 

§ 58.  Superintendent  of  Buildings  Shall  Verify  and  Cor- 
rect Approximate  Cost.  The  Superintendent  of  Buildings 
shall  have  the  right  to  verify  and  correct  the  approximate  cost 
of  any  proposed  improvement,  and  any  other  information  re- 
quired to  be.  given  him,  as  provided  in  this  code,  1)Ut  before 
making  any  final  action  in  respect  thereto,  he  shall  serve  a 
written  notice  on  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  filing  the 
same,  and  give  an  opportunity  for  a hearing  thereon  in 
order  to  show  the  accuracy  of  the  information  as  filed. 


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§ 59.  Skylights  and  Roofs  Shall  be  Protected.  If  the 
walls  of  any  building  are  carried  up  one  or  more  stories  above 
the  roofs  of  adjoining  buildings,  proper  means  shall  be  pro- 
vided and  used  for  the  temporary  protection  of  skylights  and 
roofs  of  such  adjoining  buildings.  Should  any  adjoining 
owner  or  tenant  refuse  to  allow  builders  to  so  protect  such 
skylights  and  roofs,  such  owners  or  tenants  shall  be  required 
to  protect  the  same  themselves. 

NEW  OR  UNUSUAL  CONSTRUCTION 

In  case  of  skeleton  frame  buildings,  whether  of  steel  or 
reinforced  concrete,  and  all  styles  of  construction  not  pro- 
vided for  herein,  the  city  may  require  of  the  owner  a 
certificate  of  a building  engineer  satisfactory  to  the  city  to 
the  efifect  that  the  proposed  buildings  planned  are  safe  in  all 
respects. 

§ 60.  Permits  to  be  Revoked  When — * 

First:  The  Superintendent  of  Buildings  shall  have  power 

to  stop  the  construction  of  any  building  or  the  making  of  any 
alterations  or  repairs  to  any  building  within  said  city  when 
the  same  is  being  done  in  a reckless  or  careless  manner  or  in 
violation  of  any  ordinance.  The  said  Superintendent  of 
Buildings  shall  have  power  to  stop  the  wrecking  ox  tearing 
down  of  any  building  or  structure  within  said  city  when  the 
same  is  being  done  in  a reckless  or  careless  manner  or  in 
violation  of  any  ordinance,  or  in  such  manner  as  to'  endan- 
ger life  or  property,  and  to  order  any  and  all  persons  engaged 
in  said  work  to  stop  and  desist  therefrom.  AVhen  such  work 
has  been  stopped  by  order  of  the  Superintendent  of  Build- 
ings, it  shall  not  be  resumed  until  said  Superintendent  of 
Buildings  shall  be  satisfied  that  adecjuate  precautions  will 
be  taken  for  the  protection  of  life  and  property  and  that  said 
work  will  be  prosecuted  carefully  and  in  conformity  with  the 

ordinances  of  tli^e  city. 

\ 

Second:  If  the  work  in,  upon  or  about  any  building  shall 

be  constructed  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 


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code,  it  shall  be  the  cfuty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings 
to  revoke  the  permit  for  the  building  in  connection  with 
which  such  violation  shall  have  taken  place.  It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful after  the  revocation  of  such  permit  to  proceed  with  such 
building  operations  unless  such  permit  shall  first  have  been 
reinstated  or  reissued  by  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings. 
Before  a permit  so  revoked  may  be  lawfully  reissued  or-  re- 
instated the  entire  building  and  building  site  shall  first  be 
put  into  condition  corresponding  with  the  rec|uirements  of 
this  code,  and  any  work  or  material  applied  to  the  same  in 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  first 
removed  from  such  building. 

Third:  When  the  party  holding  said  permit  shall  refuse 

to  verify  the  cost  of  any  proposed  work  or  to  -produce  evi- 
dence that  estimate  filed  is  correct. 

§ 61.  Permits  May  Reissue.  Permits  when  revoked  may 
be  reissued  when  the  structure  has  been  made  to  comply  with 
the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  and  upon  payment 
of  a fee  of  One  ($1.00)  Dollar. 

§ 62.  Permits  for  Wrecking  Buildings.  Before  proceed- 
ing with  the  wrecking  or  tearing  down  of  any  building  or 
structure  a permit  for  such  wrecking  or  tearing  down  shall 
first  be  obtained  by  the  owner,  or  his  agent,  from  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Buildings,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  proceed  with 
the  wrecking  or  tearing  down  of  any  building  or  structure  or 
any  structural  part  thereof  within  the  city  unless  such  permit 
shall  first  be  obtained. 

Application  for  permit  shall  be  made  to  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Buildings,  who  shall  issue  a permit  as  herein  jmovided 
for.  Such  application  shall  state  the  location  and  describe  the 
building  or  structure  which  it  is  proposed  to  wreck  or  tear 
down.  Upon  the  issuance  of  such  permit  such  building  may 
be  wrecked  or  torn  down,  ])i*ovided  that  all  the  work  done 
thereunder  shall  be  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Super- 
intendent of  Buildings  and  shall  be  performed  under  the  same 
restrictions  as  those  governing  the  erection  of  buildings. 


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§ 63.  Definition  of  Terms.  The  term  “Buildings/’  wher- 
ever used  in  this  code,  shall  be  taken  to  mean  any  building  or 
structure. 

The  term  “Skylight,”  wherever  used  in  this  code,  shall  be 
taken  to  mean  and  include  flat,  hipped,  lantern,  monitor, 
turret,  dome,  vertical  or  pitched  saw  tooth,  construction,  and 
all  other  covers  placed  over  openings  on  roofs  for  the  ad- 
mission of  light. 

The  term  “Repairs,”  wherever  used  in  this  code,  shall  be 
taken  to  mean  the  reconstruction  or  renewal  of  any  part  of  an 
existing  building  for  the  purpose  of  its  maintenance  and  its 
present  class  of  construction  and  grade  of  occupancy. 

The  term  “Residence”  shall  include  every  building  de- 
signed for  and  used  exclusively  as  a home  or  residence  for 
not  more  than  two  families  or  households. 

The  term  “Public  Building”  shall  include  every  building 
used  as  a place  of  assem1)lage  or  as  a place  of  public  resort. 
Any  store  building  devoted  to  retail'  trade  and  covering  a 
ground  area  of  2,000  or  more  square  feet  shall  be  deemed  a 
public  building. 

The  term  “Stores”  shall  include  every  building  used  for 
the  sale  of  goods,  wares  or  merchandise. 

§ 64.  Unlawful  to  Alter  Plans.  That  it  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful to  alter,  erase  or  amend  jdans  or  speciflcations  after  the 
same  are  approved  by  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings,  with- 
out his  written  consent. 

§ 65.  Strength  of  Brick  or  Tile.  Concrete  blocks  or  hol- 
low clay  tile  used  in  foundations  and  walls  of  buildings  shall 
be  of  suflicient  strength  to  stand  a compression  test  of  not 
less  than  seven  hundred  (700)  pounds  per  square  inch  for  the 
full  area  of  the  block. 

Solid  brick  shall  stand  a test  of  not  less  than  fifteen  hun- 
dred (1500)  pounds  per  square  inch. 


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Twenty-four  hours  notice  shall  be  given  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Buildings  by  the  contractor  before  the  mason  work  is 
started. 

§ 66.  Ventilation,  (a)  Theatres,  assembly  halls,  etc. — 
Every  hall,  auditorium  or  room  of  every  building  hereafter 
erected  or  converted  to  use  as  a school  house,  theatre,  or  place 
of  public  assembly  or  entertainment,  shall  have  in  continuous 
operation,  while  occupied,  a system  of  ventilation  so  designed 
and  installed  as  to  provide  not  less  than  twenty-five  (25)  cubic 
feet  of  outer  air  per  minute  for  each  person  for  whom  seating 
accommodation  is  provided. 

(b)  Retail  department  stores. — Every  building  hereafter 
erected  for  or  converted  to  use  as  a retail  department  store 
shall  have  in  operation,  while  occupied,  a mechanical  system 
of  ventilation  so  designed  and  installed  as  to  provide  at  least 
the  following  number  of  complete  air  changes  per  hour: 

Basements  used  for  retailing  merchandise,  or  for  locker 
rooms,  rest  rooms,  or  such  other  rooms  as  required  by  ordi- 
nance to  be  ventilated,  six  (6)  changes  per  hour. 

Ground  or  first  floor,  six  (6)  changes  per  hour.  Eloors 
above  the  first  floor,  four  (4)  changes  per  hour,  unless  natural 
ventilation  is  provided  as  required,  and  maintained  as  re- 
quired, by  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island. 

(c)  Eactories  and  work  shops. — Every  building,  room  or 
part  thereof  hereafter  erected  for  or  converted  to  use  as  a 
factory  or  work  shop,  in  which  there  shall  be  less  than  twenty 
(20)  square  feet  of  floor  space  for  each  employe  or  occupant, 
shall  have  in  operation  while  occupied  a mechanical  system  of 
ventilation  so  designed  and  installed  as  to  provide  at  least  six 
(6)  complete  air  changes  per  hour,  unless  natural  ventilation 
is  provided,  and  maintained  as  provided,  by  the  ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Rock  Island.  Every  factory  in  which  there  is 
more  than  twenty  (20)  square  feet  of  floor  space  for  each  em- 
ploye or  occupant  shall  have  in  operation,  while  occupied,  a 
system  of  ventilation  so  designed  and  installed  as  to  provide 
at  least  four  (4)  complete  air  changes  per  hour. 


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(d)  Tenements  and  apartments. — All  rooms  in  tenement 
or  apartment  house  shall  be  lighted  and  ventilated  by  win- 
dows with  movable  sash  and  opening  directly  onto  a street, 
alley,  yard,  open  court  or  a park.  The  total  area  of  such  win- 
dows shall  be  at  least  equal  to  one-tenth  (1/10)  of  the  floor 
area  of  the  room  out  of  which  these  windows-  open,  and  at 
least  one  window  in  every  such  room  shall  have  not  less  than 
twelve  (12)  square  feet  of  glass  area,  and  the  top  of  one  win- 
dow in  each  room  shall  not  be  less  than  seven  (7)  feet  above 
the  floor  level.  ' 

§ 67.  Hardware  for  Theatre  Exit  Doors.  The  hardware 
for  keeping  closed  all  exit  doors  of  all  theatres  and  places 
of  amusement,  and  other  places  where  large  numbers  of  peo- 
ple congregate,  shall  be  of  such  kind  as  will  release  instantly 
and  allow  the  doors  to  open  when  pushed  against  from  the 
inside.  Buildings  in  existence  used  for  theatres  and  places 
of  amusement  shall  be  required  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  within  thirty  days  after  notice  of  its  pas- 
sage. 


CHAPTER  7 

BURIAL  OF  THE  DEAD 

Section  1.  Burial  in  the  City  Prohibited.  It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person  or  persons  to  bury  the  body  or  bodies 
of  any  person  or  persons  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said 
city,  or  to  deposit  any  such  body  or  bodies  in  any  vault  with- 
in the  limits  of  said  city,  unless  such  body  or  bodies  are  buried 
or  deposited  in  some  regularly  established  and  lawfully  con- 
stituted cemetery. 

§ 2.  Body  of  Dead  Person  Not  to  be  Taken  From  City 
for  Burial  Without  a Permit.  No  dead  body  of  any  person 
shall  be  taken  or  allowed  to  be  taken  from  said  city  for  in- 
terment by  any  undertaker  or  other  person  until  a permit  for 
the  removal  and  burial  of  such  body  shall  have  been  granted 
by  the  Commissioner  of  Health. 


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§ 3.  Registry  of  Death  to  be  Made  and  Certified.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  every  physician,  coroner,  or  midwife  who 
attended  any  person  at  a last  illness,  being  present  at  or  in- 
formed of  the  death  of  any  person  within  said  city,  to  make 
a registry  of  such  death,  stating  particularly  the  cause,  time 
and  place  thereof,  and  certify  the  same  to  the  Commissioner 
of  Health  within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  death. 

§ 4.  Record  and  Burial  Permit  to  be  Made  and  Issued. 

Upon  receipt  of  a certificate  of  death  as  aforesaid,  the 
Commissioner  of  Health  shall  make  a record  thereof  and 
issue  a permit  for  the  removal  from  the  city  and  burial  of 
the  body  of  such  deceased  person,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the 
undertaker  having  charge  of  the  burial  of  said  body. 

§ 5.  Permit  to  be  Exhibited  to  Sexton,  Who  Shall  There- 
upon Permit  Burial.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sexton  of 
every  cemetery,  to  within  two  miles  of  the  city  limits,  before 
permitting  any  interment  in  the  cemetery  of  which  he  is 
sexton,  to  require  the  undertaker  in  charge  of  the  body  of 
any  deceased  person  for  burial  therein  to  exhibit  a permit 
from  the  Commissioner  of  Health  for  the  burial  of  such  body, 
and  thereupon  he  shall  permit  the  burial  of  such  body,  or  its 
deposit  in  the  vault  in  said  cemetery. 

§ 6.  Violation  Hereof — Penalty.  Any  person  violating, 
disobeying,  neglecting  or  failing  to  comply  with  any  pro- 
vision or  requirement  of  this  chapter  shall,  for  every  such 
offense,  be  subjected  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  8 

BUTCHERS 

Section  1.  License.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  or  persons,  company  or  corporation  within  said  city 
to  sell,  offer  or  expose  for  sale  any  fresh  meat,  excepting 
venison,  poultry,  fish  or  wild  game,  in  any  quantity,  unless 
he  or  they  shall  have  obtained  a license  for  such  business,  for 
which  license  he  or  they  shall  pay  to  the  City  Clerk  the  sum 
of  five  ($5)  dollars  per  annum.  Provided  that  nothing  herein 
shall  prohibit  any  person  from  selling  beef  or  other  fresh 
meat  by  the  quarter,  or  any  greater  or  less  quantity,  at  any 
time  or  place  in  the  said  city,  provided  the  same  is  the  pro- 
duce of  his  or  their  farm,  or  his  or  their  own  raising. 

§ 2.  Undrawn  Animals.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of 
Rock  Island  to  sell,  offer  or  expose  for  sale  any  fish,  fowl  or 
other  animal  used  for  food  purposes,  refrigerated  or  other- 
wise, which  has  not  been  properly  drawn  and  prepared  by 
removing  the  viscera  (bowel-entrails)  at  the  time  of  slaugh- 
ter. 

§ 3.  Offal.  That  no  butchers’  offal  or  garbage,  nor  any 
dead  animals,  nor  any  putrid  or  stinking  animal  or  vegetable 
matter  shall  be  thrown  by  any  person,  or  allowed  to  go  into 
any  street,  place,  sewer  or  receiving  basin,  or  into  any  stand- 
ing or  running  water  or  excavation,  or  upon  any  ground  or 
premises  in  the  said  city. 

§ 4.  Storage  of  Meat.  That  every  person  being  the 
owner,  lessee,  or  occupant  of  any  room,  stall  or  place  where 
any  meat,  fish,  or  vegetables,  designed  or  held  for  human 
food,  shall  be  stored  or  kept,  or  shall  be  held  or  offered  for 
sale,  shall  put  and  keep  such  room,  stall  and  place  and  its 
appurtenances  in  a clean  and  wholesome  condition;  and 
every  person  having  charge,  or  being  interested,  or  engaged, 
whether  as  principal  or  agent,  or  in  respect  to  the  custody 
or  sale  of  any  meat,  fish,  birds,  fowl,  or  vegetables,  designed 


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for  human  food,  shall  put  and  preserve  the  same  in  a clean 
and  wholesome  condition,  «and  shall  not  allow  the  same  or 
any  part  thereof  to  be  poisoned,  infected  or  rendered  unsafe 
or  unwholesome  for  human  food. 

§ 5.  Inspection.  That  every  butcher,  grocer  and  milk 
dealer,  and  their  agents,  shall  allow  the  parties  authorized 
by  the  City  Physician,  to  freely  and  fully  inspect  their  cat- 
tle and  milk,  meats,  fish  and  vegetables,  held,  offered  or 
intended  for  sale,  and  will  be  expected  to  answer  all  reason- 
able and  proper  questions  asked  by  such  persons  relative 
to  the  condition  thereof,  and  of  the  places  where  such  arti- 
cles may  be. 

§ 6.  Transportation.  That  no  person  or  corporation,  in- 
dividually or  by  his  agents,  servants  or  employes,  shall 
transport  meat  or  poultry  of  any  description  through  the 
public  streets  or  ways  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  except  in 
wagons  or  vehicles  which  have  been  thoroughly  washed  at 
least  once  in  every  twenty-four  hours.  All  meat  or  poultry 
transported  through  the  streets  and  public  ways  must  be 
thoroughly  covered  in  such  a manner  as  to  preclude  infec- 
tion or  contamination  from  flying  dust  or  other  causes. 

§ 7.  Rendering  Offal — Fertilizers — Glue  and  Glucose. 

No  person  shall,  within  the  limits  of  this  city,  carry  on  the 
business  of  rendering  the  offal,  fat,  bones  or  scraps  from 
dead  animals,  or  any  carcass  or  any  dead  animal  matter 
whatever,  or  the  cleaning  or  rendering  of  intestines,  or  the 
manufacture  or  production  of  fertilizers,  glue,  or  glucose, 
unless  he  or  they  shall  have  obtained,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Council,  a license  for  such  business,  for  which  license  he 
shall  pay  to  the  City  Clerk  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25)  dol- 
lars per  annum  before  such  license  shall  be  issued.  Pro- 
vided, that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  persons  rendering 
the  offal,  fat,  bones  or  scraps  of  animals  of  their  own  slaugh- 
tering, when  fresh  from  the  slaughtered  animal  and  in  a 
condition  free  from  soreness  or  taint,  and  all  other*  causes  of 
offense.  And,  provided  further,  that  this  section  shall  not 


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apply  to  persons  rendering  the  offal,  fat,  bones  or  scraps  of 
animals,  or  animal  matter  necessary  or  convenient  for  their 
business  in  the  manufacture  or  production  of  soap,  candles, 
tallow,  or  lard  oil.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  this  section 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  convic- 
tion thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  twenty-five 
($25)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars,  and 
twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  a day  for  each  and  every  day  he 
shall  continue  to  carry  on  any  such  business  without  a 
license. 

§ 8.  Slaughtering  — Packing  — Soap  — Candles  — Lard 
— Tallow — Lard  Oil — Hides.  No  person  shall,  within  the 
limits  of  this  city,  carry  on  the  business  of  slaughtering 
animals  for  food,  packing  them  for  market,  or  rendering  the 
offal,  fat,  bones  or  scraps  of  such  animals,  or  to  engage  in 
the  manufacture  or  production  of  soap,  candles,  lard,  tallow 
or  lard  oil,  or  of  buying,  selling,  storing  or  curing  green  or 
salted  hides,  unless  he  shall  have  obtained  a license  for  such 
business,  for  which  license  he  shall  pay  to  the  City  Clerk  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  per  annum,  before  such 
license  shall  be  issued. 

§ 9.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Any  person  who  shall  vio- 
late any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall 
be  fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars,  and  twenty  ($20)  dollars  a 
day  for  each  and  every  day  he  shall  continue  to  carry  on  said 
business  without  a license. 


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CHAPTER  9 


CITY  ATTORNEY 

Section  1.  Attorney's  Duties,  Etc.  The  City  Attorney 
shall  be  a licensed  attorney  in  the  courts  of  the  state;  he  shall, 
when  required,  advise  the  Council,  or  any  of  its  committees, 
or  any  city  officers,  in  relation  to  all  matters  of  law  arising 
in  v/hich  the  interests  of  the  city  are  in  question.  He  shall 
examine  all  assessments  and  tax  lists  or  other  papers  in 
relation  to  the  assessment  or  collection  of  taxes  or  assess- 
ments for  public  improvements,  and  approve  the  same,  and 
draft  any  ordinance,  bond,  contract,  or  instrument  of  writing 
on  behalf  of  the  city,  or  examine  and  approve  the  same  when 
required  by  the  Council,  or  any  of  its  committees,  or  the 
Mayor.  He  shall,  when  his  services  are  necessary,  prosecute 
any  suit  brought  in  the  name  of  the  city  before  any  police  or 
other  magistrate  for  the  recovery  of  any  penalty  or  other- 
wise; and  shall  prosecute  or  defend  in  behalf  of  the  city 
(when  the  services  of  an  attorney  are  necessary)  in  all  cases 
in  which  the  interests  of  the  city,  or  the  official  acts  of  any 
officer  or  agent  of  the  city,  are  involved.  He  shall  cause 
executions  to  issue  upon  all  judgments  recovered  in  favor 
of  the  city,  and  cause  the  proper  officer  to  attend  to  their 
prompt  collection.  He  shall  report  to  the  Council  or  the 
Mayor  all  cases  in  which  he  shall  deem  it  expedient  to  take 
an  appeal  or  writ  of  error  on  behalf  of  the  city.  He  shall 
attend  to  all  regular  meetings  of  the  Council,  and  on  request, 
all  special  meetings  of  the  same.  The  City  Clerk  shall 
deliver  to  him  any  bond  or  other  paper  necessary  to  be  used 
in  any  suit  or  other  proceeding,  taking  his  receipt  for  the 
same.  He  shall  report  to  the  Council  without  delay,  after 
the  adjournment  of  each  term  of  any  court  of  record,  and  at 
such  other  times  as  he  may  be  required,  the  state  or  disposi- 
tion of  all  cases  of  the  city  pending  in  such  court.  He  shall 
examine  all  fee  bills  of  officers  of  courts,  and  others,  and 
certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  same,  and  the  liabilities  of 
the  city  therefor.  But  no  fee  bill  for  costs  for  the  prosecu- 


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tion  of  any  person  for  any  criminal  offense  in  the  Circuit 
Court  of  Rock  Island  County,  or  for  jail  fees,  shall  be  certi- 
fied to  or  paid,  unless  the  offender  shall  have  been  duly  con- 
victed and  such  costs  cannot  be  collected  from  him.  The 
City  Attorney,  in  case  of  absence  or  other  temporary  dis- 
ability to  attend  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  may,  with  the 
consent  of  the  Mayor  and  at  his  own  expense,  appoint  some 
competent  attorney  to  act  in  his  place.  The  Council  may 
authorize  the  retaining  of  assistant  counsel  or  appoint  a 
corporation  counsel  when  deemed  expedient.  The  City 
Attorney  shall  not  be  compelled  to  bring  or  prosecute  any 
suit  in  any  case  when  he  and  the  court  may  be  satisfied  that 
the  case  is  instituted  maliciously  or  vexatiously,  and  without 
any  probable  cause,  or  that  the  interests  of  the  public  or  of 
the  city  will  not  be  subserved  thereby. 


CHAPTER  1 0 

CITY  COUNCIL 

Section  1.  Meetings  of  Council — Where  to  be  Held.  All 
meetings  of  the  Council  shall  be  held  in  a public  room  in  the 
City  Hall  in  said  city,  provided  by  the  city  for  such  purpose, 
and  known  as  the  Commissioners'  Room,  and  not  elsewhere, 
except  in  case  of  public  necessity. 

§ 2.  Regular  Meetings — When  to  be  Held.  The  regular 
meetings  of  the  Council  shall  be  held  on  Monday  of  each  week 
at  the  hour  of  three  o’clock  p.  m.,  unless  in  pursuance  of 
previous  resolution  or  order  of  the  Council  and  a public 
notice  thereof. 

§ 3.  Mayor  and  Commissioners  — Office  Hours.  The 
Mayor  and  Commissioners  shall  each  day  (except  Sundays 
and  holidays)  be  in  their  offices  at  the  City  Hall  at  nine-thirty 
a.  m.,  and  remain  there  until  eleven-thirty  a.  m. 


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CHAPTER  1 1 

CITY  ENGINEER 

The  office  of  City  Engineer  for  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  established. 

Section  1.  Appointment.  The  City  Engineer  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Council  on  recommendation  of  the  Mayor, 
and  must  be  a graduated  civil  engineer. 

§ 2.  Term — Bond.  His  term  of  office  shall  be  for  the 
term  of  four  years  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and 
qualified.  He  shall  make  and  subscribe  to  the  oath  of  office 
prescribed  for  city  officers,  and  shall  give  bond  in  the  sum 
of  three  thousand  ($3,000)  dollars  with  two  sureties  to  be 
approved  by  the  Council  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the 
duties,  of  his  office. 

§ 3.  Duties.  He  shall  devote  as  much  of  the  time  to  the 
duties  of  his  office  as  the  faithful  performance  of  the  same 
may  require. 

He  shall  prepare  plans,  estimates  and  specifications  for 
all  work  done  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements,  by  the 
Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements  and  for  such 
other  work  as  the  Council  shall  designate  by  resolution  or 
ordinance  that  requires  the  skill  of  a civil  engineer  or  sur- 
veyor. 

He  shall  make  all  necessary  surveys  for  establishing  street 
grades  and  the  boundaries  of  city  property  and  shall  furnish 
street  grades  to  property  owners  along  streets  where  such 
grades  have  been  established  when  directed  so  to  do  by  the 
Board  of  Local  Improvements. 

He  shall  assume  and  recommend  for  approval  all  plats  of 
sub-divisions  of  land'within  the  city,  cause  the  same  to  be 
recorded  upon  the  city  maps  and  records  and  assign  to  each 
lot  the  proper  house  numbers  according  to  the  provisions  of 
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He  shall  clearly  and  concisely  record  all  measurements 
and  levels  taken  by  him  or  his  authorized  assistants  in  field 
books  provided  by  the  city  for  such  purpose  and  shall  main- 
tain a complete  index  for  same  at  all  times. 

§ 4.  Records  to  be  Kept.  He  shall  prepare  and  keep  on 
file  in  his  office  a sectional  map  record  showing  the  size  and 
location  of  all  sewers  constructed  in  the  city  and  also  the 
location  of  all  branches  for  house  connections. 

He  shall  prepare  and  keep  on  file  in  his  office  a sectional 
map  record  showing  the  size  and  location  of  all  water  mains 
constructed  in  the  city  and  also  the  location  of  the  valves  and 
hydrants. 

He  shall  prepare  and  keep  on  file  in  his  office  a sectional 
map  record  showing  the  location  and  character  of  all  pave- 
ments and  storm  drains^  constructed  in  the  city,  and  shall 
keep  a record  of  all  sewer  and  water  main  connections  to 
foundations  of  houses. 

All  maps,  plans  and  records  that  the  City  Engineer  is 
hereby  required  to  keep  he  shall  make  in  duplicate  and  file 
one  set  of  the  same  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk,  both  to  be 
the  property  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island. 

§ 5.  Assistants  to  Engineer.  He  shall  recommend  to  the 
Mayor  for  appointment  an  Assistant  City  Engineer,  a 
draughtsman  and  transitman.  Each  shall  take  the  oath  of 
office  prescribed  for  city  officers  and  shall  give  surety  bond  in 
the  sum  of  one  thousand  ($1,000)  dollars  with  two  sureties, 
who  must  be  approved  by  the  Council  for  the  faithful  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  of  his  office.  The  term  of  office  for 
such  Assistant  City  Engineer  shall  be  one  year,  and  until  his 
successor  has  been  appointed  and  qualified.  All  other  ap- 
pointments shall  hold  only  for  such  length  of  time  as  the 
work  in  the  Engineer’s  office  require  the  respective  services. 

§ 6.  Supplies — Annual  Report.  The  City  Engineer  shall 
be  furnished  equipment  and  supplies  necessary  to  properly 
conduct  the  business  of  the  office.  And  he  shall,  on  or  before 


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the  first  day  of  May  of  each  year,  make  a full  report  in  writ- 
ing to  the  Council,  showing  all  public  work  performed  under 
his  supervision  during  the  preceding  municipal  year,  and 
shall  at  such  time  present  such  recommendations  with  refer- 
ence to  the  future  work  as  he  shall  deem  expedient. 


CHAPTER  1 2 

CITY  JAIL 

Section  1.  City  Jail  Established.  A city  jail  shall  be 
kept  and  maintained  by  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  and  shall 
'be  located  in  the  building  known  as  the  City  Hall. 

§ 2.  Who  May  be  Imprisoned.  Every  person  commit- 
ted to  imprisonment  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provi- 
sions of  any  ordinance  of  said  city,  whether  for  non-pay- 
ment of  fines  or  otherwise,  shall  be  imprisoned  in  said  city 
jail. 

§ 3.  Chief  of  Police,  Jailer — To  Receive  and  Confine 
Prisoners — May  Appoint  Deputy.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall 
be  the  keeper  of  the  city  jail  and  have  the  custody  of  all 
prisoners  confined  therein;  and  shall  receive  and  confine 
therein,  until  discharged  by  due  course  of  law,  all  persons 
who  shall  be  committed  to  such  jail  by  any  competent 
authority.  He  may  detail  a policeman  to  assist  him  as  jailer, 
and  when  necessary  may  detail  an  assistant  jailer  under  him 
and  remove  him  at  pleasure,  for  whose  conduct  he  shall  be 
responsible. 

§ 4.  Jailer  to  Keep  Register — Make  Rules — Report. 
The  jailer  shall  keep  a calendar  of  all  persons  committed 
to  said  jail,  wherein  he  shall  register  the  names  of  all  pris- 
oners, the  time,  cause  and  authority  of  their  commitment, 
and  the  time  and  manner  of  their  discharge.  He  may  make 
and  enforce  such  reasonable  rules  and  regulations  as  he  may 
deem  proper  for  the  government  and  control  of  said  jail  and 
the  prisoners  confined  therein,  subject,  nevertheless,  to  re- 
vision and  revocation  by  the  Council,  and  shall  make  report 
of  the  condition  and  management  of  the  jail  when  required 
so  to  do  by  the  Council. 


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CHAPTER  1 3 

CITY  TOOLS  AND  IMPLEMENTS 

Section  1.  City  OfBcers  to  Make  and  Report  a List  of 
Tools,  etc.  The  City  Street  Commissioner,  Chief  of  Police, 
City  Clerk,  City  Weigher, -Bridge  Tender,  Superintendent  of 
Waterworks,  Chief  of  the  Eire  Department  and  all  other 
officers  of  said  city,  are  respectively  directed  and  required 
to  make  and  report  to  the  Council,  at  its  last  regular 
meeting  in  each  municipal  year,  a list  of  all  tools,  imple- 
ments, furniture  and  apparatus  belonging  to  the  city,  for 
use  in  their  respective  offices  and  departments,  showing 
therein  the  kind  and  number  of  such  tools,  implements,  fur- 
niture and  apparatus  then  on  hand,  and  what,  if  any,  have 
been  lost  or  destroyed,  and  how. 

§ 2.  To  Report  All  Tools  Carelessly  Lost,  and  by  Whom. 

If  any  officer  or  employe  of  said  city  shall  carelessly 
lose,  destroy  or  damage  any  of  such  tools,  implements,  furni- 
ture or  apparatus,  the  officer  having  charge  of  the  same  shall 
promptly  report  such  loss  to  the  Council,  stating  the  charac- 
ter and  value  of  the  article  and  the  name  of  the  person  by 
whom  lost,  destroyed  or  damaged. 

§ 3.  All  Tools,  etc.,  to  be  Marked  and  Safely  Kept. 
So  far  as  practicable,  all  such  tools,  implements,  furniture 
and  apparatus  belonging  to  the  city  shall  be,  by  the  officer 
in  whose  department  or  office  the  same  shall  be  used,  branded 
or  otherwise  clearly  marked  with  the  words,  “City  of  Rock 
Island,”  and  when  not  in  use  shall  be  properly  stored  and 
kept  in  some  safe  and  convenient  place. 

§ 4.  All  Tools,  etc.,  to  be  Purchased  Only  on  Order  of 
the  Commissioner.  All  tools,  implements,  furniture  and  ap- 
paratus required  by  any  of  such  officers,  for  the  use  of  the 
city,  shall  be  purchased  only  upon  the  written  order  of  the 
Commissioner  in  charge  of  the  department,  whose  order  or 
certificate  shall  accompany  all  bills  presented  to  the  Council 
for  payment  therefor. 


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CHAPTER  1 4 

CLAIRVOYANTS,  PALMISTS  AND  FORTUNE 
TELLERS 

Section  1.  Clairvoyants,  Palmists,  Etc.,  to  Have  License. 
No  person  or  persons  in  this  city  shall  conduct,  manage  or 
pursue  the  avocation  or  business  of  clairvoyant,  palmist,  for- 
tune teller,  or  any  like  avocation,  or  pursue  for  gain,  or  ad- 
vertise the  same  in  any  manner,  whether  by  signs,  in  print, 
or  otherwise,  without  first  having  obtained  a license  therefor. 

§ 2.  Terms  of  License.  Such  license  may  be  issued  by 
the  City  Clerk,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Mayor,  upon 
the  payment  of  ten  ($10)  dollars  per  day;  or  fifty  ($50)  dol- 
lars per  week  for  each  and  every  week,  or  fraction  thereof, 
not  exceeding  the  municipal  year. 

The  Mayor  may  refuse  to  grant  any  such  license,  or 
revoke  the  same  when  granted,  when  he  is  satisfied  that  such 
avocation  is  conducted  for  immoral  or  improper  purposes, 
or  in  an  immoral  or  improper  manner. 

§ 3.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Any  person  or  persons 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  1 5 

CORPORATE  SEAL 

Section  1.  Corporate  Seal  Established.  The  seal  hereto- 
fore provided  and  used  by  and  for  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
(the  impression  of  which  is,  in  the  center  an  Indian,  with  bow 
and  arrow,  standing  beneath  a tree ; on  the  right  a steamboat, 
with  hills  in  the  distance;  and  on  the  left  a locomotive,  sur- 
rounded by  the  inscription,  “City  of  Rock  Island,  Illinois”) 
shall  be  and  hereby  is  established  and  declared  to  be  the 
corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island. 

§ 2.  City  Clerk  to  Keep  and  Use  Seal.  The  said  seal 
shall  be  and  remain  in  the  custody  and  keeping  of  the  City 
Clerk,  to  be  used  by  him  in  all  cases  provided  for  by  the 
ordinances  of  said  city  or  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois; 
and  in  all  such  other  cases,  where,  by  the  laws  and  customs 
of  any  state  or  nation,  the  use  of  the  corporate  seal  of  said 
city  may  be  requisite  or  proper. 


CHAPTER  1 6 

DOGS 

Section  1.  Dog  Registration  and  Tax.  No  person  shall 
have,  keep  or  harbor  in  his  possession,  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  this  city,  any  dog,  until  the  same  be  registered,  the 
registration  tax  thereon  herein  required  be  paid,  and  it  be 
checked  as  herein  required,  and  the  other  provisions  hereof 
be  complied  with. 

§ 2.  Owner  of  Dog  to  Register  It  and  Pay  Tax.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  all  persons  who  shall  own,  have,  harbor  or" 
keep  in  this  city  any  dog,  in  each  municipal  year  and  prior 
to  the  first  day  of  June  each  year,  to  cause  such  dog  to  be 
registered  by  its  name,  if  it  has  any,  and  its  general  descrip- 
tion, in  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  in  a register  to  be 
kept  by  him  for  that  purpose,  and  to  pay  to  the  Chief  of  Police 


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a tax  of  one  dollar  for  every  male  dog  and  of  two  dollars  for 
every  female  dog,  and  also  to  obtain  from  said  Chief  and 
attach  to  every  such  dog  the  metallic  check,  or  plate,  herein- 
after required  to  be  furnished  by  him. 

§ 3.  Metallic  Check  to  be  Furnished  and  Attached  to 
Dog — False  Checks  Not  to  be  Used.  The  Chief  of  Police 
shall,  at  the  time  of  such  payment,  deliver  as  a receipt  there- 
for to  each  person  paying  said  tax  a metallic  check  or  plate 
numbered  and  having  the  calendar  year  in  figures  inscribed 
thereon,  signifying  that  the  city  dog  tax  is  paid  for  the  muni- 
cipal year  beginning  in  the  calendar  year  indicated.  The 
keeper  or  possessor  of  any  dog  upon  which  the  dog  tax  is 
paid  as  aforesaid  shall  place  and  keep  around  the  neck  of 
such  dog  a collar  to  which  shall  be  attached  and  kept  the 
metallic  check  or  plate  so  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Police. 
Any  person  causing  or  permitting  any  such  check  to  be 
attached  to  any  dog  without  having  paid  the  tax  on  such  dog, 
or  causing  or  permitting  to  be  attached  to  any  dog  any  check 
other  than  that  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Police  for  the  pur- 
pose, shall  be  liable  to  the  penalties  hereinafter  provided. 

The  foregoing  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  the  dogs  of 
non-residents  of  the  city  who  are  temporarily  in  the  city 
for  a period  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  where  the  owner  or 
keeper  of  such  dog  is  known  to  the  Chief  of  Police  to  be  a 
non-resident  of  the  city. 

§ 4.  Metallic  Checks  to  be  Provided.  The  City  Clerk 
shall  provide  the  metallic  checks  or  plates  herein  required, 
in  such  number  and  of  such  description  as  the  Council  may 
direct,  and  from  time  to  time  furnish  the  same  to  the  Chief 
of  Police,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  and  the  Chief  of  Police 
shall  render  an  account  of  the  same,  the  disposition  made 
thereof,  and  the  dog  tax  received  by  him,  whenever  required 
by  the  Council. 

§ 5.  Dangerous  Dogs — Those  in  Heat  or  Not  Muzzled  in 
Specihed  Periods,  Not  to  Run  at  Large.  No  fierce  or  danger- 
ous dog,  nor  any  female  dog  while  in  heat,  whether  registered 


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or  not,  or  having  the  proper  metallic  check  attached  to  it  or 
not,  shall  be  permitted  to  run  at  large  in  the  city  at  any  time. 
And  no  dog  whatever,  whether  registered  or  having  a proper 
check  attached  or  not,  shall  be  permitted  by  its  owner  or  cus- 
todian to  run  at  large  within  the  city  at  any  time  between  the 
first  day  of  July  and  the  first  day  of  October  of  each  year, 
or  at  any  other  time  when  by  proclamation  of  the  Mayor 
danger  of  hydrophobia  shall  be  declared  to  exist  in  the  city, 
unless  such  dog  be  securely  muzzled.  The  owner,  keeper  or 
possessor  of  any  dog  who  shall  permit  the  same  to  go  at  large 
in  the  city  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall 
be  subject  to  the  penalty  hereof. 

§ 6.  The  Word  Dog,  As  Used  in  This  Chapter,  Defined. 

The  word  dog,  as  used  in  this  chapter,  shall  be  held  and  con- 
strued to  mean  all  animals  of  the  canine  species,  both  male 
and  female,  when  not  otherwise  indicated  herein. 

§ 7.  Fees  of  Chief  of  Police  and  Policemen.  The  Chief 

of  Police  and  policemen  shall  be  allowed,  as  compensation 
for  services  rendered  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
ten  per  cent  of  the  dog  tax  collected. 

§ 8.  Violation  of  Foregoing  Provisions — Penalty.  Any 
person  violating  or  failing  to  comply  with  any  of  the  fore- 
going provisions  of  this  chapter,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall, 
for  each  offense,  be  fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  two  ($2) 
dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  ($20)  dollars  and  costs,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  court  or  magistrate  before  whom  such  con- 
viction is  had. 


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CHAPTER  1 7 

ELECTRICAL  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 

DIVISION  I— LIGHTING  AND  WIRING 
DIVISION  II— MOVING  PICTURE  MACHINES 
DIVISION  III— PENALTY 

DIVISION  I— LIGHTING  AND  WIRING 

Section  1.  Use  of  Electric  Current.  No  electric  current 
shall  be  used  for  light,  heat  or  power  within  the  City  of  Rock 
Island,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

§ 2.  Permits  to  do  Electrical  Work.  All  persons,  firms 
or  corporations  desiring  to  install  interior  wires  or  other 
apparatus  within  buildings  for  the  use  of  electric  current  for 
light,  heat,  or  power,  before  commencing  or  doing  electrical 
construction  work  of  any  kind  whatever,  either  installing  new 
wires  or  apparatus,  or  repairing  or  changing  the  arrangement 
of  wires  or  apparatus  already  installed,  shall  file  with  the 
City  Electrician  an  application  in  writing  for  a permit  and 
authority  therefor,  which  application  shall  describe  in  detail 
such  material  and  apparatus  as  it  is  desired  to  use,  and  the 
location  by  street  and  number  where  such  material  and 
apparatus  is  to  be  installed,  and  shall  be  accompanied  by  plans 
and  specifications  showing  in  detail  the  location,  nature  and 
character  of  all  electrical  work  proposed  to  be  done  under 
such  application  and  permit;  and  upon  the  receipt  of  such 
application,  plans  and  specifications  aforesaid,  if  found 
proper,  such  permit  shall  be  given. 

§ 3.  Inspection  of  Work.  The  City  Electrician  shall 
have  the  power  and  authority,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  care- 
fully inspect  any  such  installation,  previous  to  its  completion, 
when  necessary,  and  in  every  instance  after  its  completion, 
and  he  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  remove  any 
lath,  plaster,  partitions,  flooring,  or  other  existing  obstruc- 
tions which  shall  prevent  a perfect  inspection  of  the  current- 
carrying  conductors,  except  that  this  provision  shall  not  apply 


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to  the  private  homes  in  which  the  wiring  is  already  installed. 
If  such  installation  shall  prove  to  have  been  constructed  in 
accordance  with  the  laws  and  requirements  of  the  City  of 
Rock  Island  controlling  the  use  of  electric  current,  he  shall 
deliver  to  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  making  such  in- 
stallation a certificate  of  inspection  which  shall  contain  a 
general  description  of  the  installation,  the  date  of  the  inspec- 
tion and  a statement  that  the  installation  is  in  compliance 
with  the  laws  and  requirements  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island. 
The  use  of  electric  current  is  hereby  declared  to  be  unlawful 
])revious  to  the  issuance  of  such  certificate,  or  if  such  cer- 
tificate be  revoked;  provided,  however,  that  the  City  Elec- 
trician may  issue  a temporary  permit  for  the  use  of  electric 
current  during  the  course  of  construction  or  alteration  of 
buildings,  which  permit  shall  expire  when  the  electrical 
wiring  and  apparatus  for  such  building  is  fully  installed  or 
the  building  is  completed. 

§ 4.  CertiBcate  of  Inspection.  A preliminary  certificate 
may  be  issued  by  the  City  Electrician  in  the  case  of  com- 
pleted installations,  but  upon  which  no  current  will  be  used 
in  the  immediate  future.  Such  preliminary  certificate  shall 
show  that  at  the  time  of  inspection  the  installation  was  erected 
in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  ordinance.  Prior  to  the 
introduction  of  electric  current  into  the  said  premises,  a sec- 
ond inspection  shall  be  made,  when,  if  said  installation  is  still 
in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  ordinance,  the  complete 
and  final  certificate,  referred  to  in  Section  3 of  this  ordinance, 
shall  be  issued. 

§ 5.  Notice  to  City  Electrician.  Any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  installing  wires  which  are  to  be  hidden  from 
view  shall,  prior  to  such  installation,  give  the  City  Electri- 
cian reasonable  notice  in  order  to  afford  ample  time  for  in- 
spection. 

§ 6.  Notice  to  Comply  With  Ordinance.  The  City  Elec- 
trician is  hereby  empowered,  and  it  is  made  his  duty,  to  in- 
spect and  reinspect  all  interior  wires,  apparatus  and  fixtures 
used  for  the  purpose  of  light,  heat,  or  power  within  the  City 


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of  Rock  Island  whenever  he  may  have  reason  to  believe  such 
wires  or  fixtures  are  installed  contrary  to  the  ordinances  and 
rules  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  governing  such  installation, 
and  when  any  of  said  wires,  apparatus  or  fixtures  are  found 
to  be  unsafe  to  life  or  property,  or  to  exist  in  violation  of  any 
of  the  laws  or  requirements  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  said 
City  Electrician  shall  notify  persons,  firms  or  corporations, 
or  their  agents,  owning  or  using  or  operating  them,  to  place 
same  in  a safe  and  secure  condition,  conforming  to  the  laws 
and  requirements  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  within  a reason- 
able time,  to  be  fixed  by  said  City  Electrician. 

§ 7.  May  Cut  Off  Power.  The  City  Electrician  shall 
have  the  power  and  authority  to  cause  the  removal  of  all  elec- 
trical conductors,  apparatus  or  their  supports,  or  the  cutting 
off  of  the  current  from  any  circuit  or  building  if  said  conduc- 
tors are  not  in  compliance  with  the  laws  and  requirements  of 
the  City  of  Rock  Island,  or  where  the  same, interfere  with  the 
work  of  the  Fire  Department. 

§ 8.  Permit  to  Open  Street  Required.  It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful for  any  person,  company,  association  or  corporation  to 
make  any  excavation  in  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  or  public 
grounds  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  for  the  purpose  of  laying 
any  conduit,  or  erecting  any  poles  or  posts  for  placing  or 
stringing  any  wires  or  cables  thereon,  and  telegraph,  tele- 
phone, electric  light,  power  or  street  car  wires,  or  to  place 
any  conductors  in  conduits  or  on  poles  or  fixtures  for  the 
carrying  of  electric  energy  for  light,  heat  or  power,  or  any 
purposes,  without  first  obtaining  a written  permit  and 
authority  so  to  do  from  the  City  Electrician  and  Commis- 
sioner of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements,  after  having  made 
application  in  writing  for  such  authority  and  permit.  Such 
application  shall  state  in  detail  the  location,  depth,  extent, 
number  of  ducts,  and  for  what  purpose  such  conduits  are  to 
be  used;  the  height,  size  and  location  of  poles,  the  size,  kind 
of  insulation,  amount  of  wire  to  be  strung,  and  for  what  pur- 
pose wires  are  to  be  used;  and  upon  the  receipt  of  such  appli- 
cation, if  found  proper,  such  permit  shall  be  given;  and  all 


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such  conduits,  poles  and  conductors  shall  be  constructed  and 
erected  in  such  manner  only  as  the  City  Electrician  shall 
authorize  and  direct. 

§ 9.  Certificate  of  Inspection — Temporary  Permit.  The 
City  Electrician  shall  have  the  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty, 
upon  the  filing  with  him  of  a written  application  for  a permit 
to  do  electrical  work,  to  carefully  inspect  all  such  conduits, 
poles  and  wires,  previous  to  installation  (when  necessary), 
and  in  each  case  after  installation,  and  if  such  installation 
shall  prove  to  have  been  constructed  in  accordance  with  the 
laws  and  requirements  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  he  shall 
issue  and  deliver  to  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  for  Avhom 
this  work  was  done,  a certificate  of  such  inspection,  which 
shall  contain  a general  description  of  the  installation,  the  date 
of  inspection  and  a statement  that  the  installation  is  in  compli- 
ance with  the  laws  and  requirements  of  the  City  of  Rock 
Island.  The  use  of  electric  current  for  any  purpose  is  hereby 
declared  to  be  unlawful  previous  to  the  issuance  of  such  cer- 
tificate, or  if  such  certificate  be  revoked;  provided,  however, 
that  the  City  Electrician  may  issue  a temporary  permit  for 
the  use  of  electric  current  during  the  course  of  construction, 
or  for  temporary  purposes  only,  which  permit  shall  expire 
when  construction  is  fully  completed  or  at  the  limit  fixed  in 
the  temporary  permit. 

§ 10.  Order  to  Correct  Unsafe  Conditions.  The  City 
Electrician  is  hereby  empowered,  and  it  is  made  his  duty, 
to  inspect  and  reinspect  all  overhead  and  underground  wires, 
poles,  conduits,  and  apparatus  used  in  conducting  electric 
current  for  light,  heat,  or  power  within  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  whenever  he  may  have  reason  to  believe  such  wires, 
apparatus  or  fixtures  are  found  to  be  unsafe  to  life  or  prop- 
erty, or  to  exist  in  violation  of  the  laws  or  requirements  of 
the  City  of  Rock  Island,  said  City  Electrician  shall  notify 
persons,  firms  or  corporations,  or  their  agents,  owning  or 
using  or  operating  them,  to  place  the  same  in  a safe  and 
secure  condition  conforming  to  the  laws  and  requirements  of 
the  City  of  Rock  Island,  within  a reasonable  time,  to  be  fixed 


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by  said  Electrician.  The  City  Electrician  shall  notify  all 
persons,  firms  or  corporations  owning  “dead”  wires,  poles, 
apparatus  or  fixtures  to  remove  same  within  ten  days,  and 
upon  the  failure  or  refusal  to  fully  comply  with  said  notice, 
the  City  Electrician  is  hereby  empowered  to  remove  same. 

§ 11.  Designation  and  Control  of  Poles.  The  City  Elec- 
trician shall  have  the  right  and  authority,  and  it  is  hereby 
made  his  duty,  to  fix  the  size,  height,  painting  and  designation 
of  all  poles,  and  to  locate  and  change  the  location,  when  by 
him  deemed  necessary,  of  poles,  wires,  fixtures  and  electrical 
apparatus ; to  order  out  and  remove  poles  which  are  unneces- 
sary, and  to  compel  the  joint  use  of  poles  by  all  persons, 
firms  or  corporations  stringing,  using  or  requiring  poles  or 
wires  along  any  street,  alley  or  public  place.  In  case  said 
Electrician  requires  any  of  the  above  mentioned  changes  or 
joint  use  of  poles,  a written  notice  shall  be  served  on  the  per- 
son, firm  or  corporation  owning  or  using  said  poles  or  wires 
to  make  the  required  changes  or  joint  arrangements  within  a 
specified  time.  In  case  the  joint  users  of  poles  are  unable  to 
agree  on  the  rental  to  be  paid  the  owner  of  such  poles  for  such 
use,  the  City  Council  shall  fix  such  rate,  which  shall  be  bind- 
ing upon  the  parties  or  companies  interested. 

§ 12.  Joint  Use  of  Poles.  When  joint  pole  arrangements 
are  required  by  the  City  Electrician  it  shall  be  incumbent 
upon  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  required  to  make  such 
arrangements  to  deposit  with  the  City  Electrician  a written 
agreement  among  the  parties  thereto,  stating  in  detail  the 
contract  rental,  the  size,  height,  number  and  location  of  poles 
affected  by  the  agreement,  and  in  case  new  poles  are  set,  new 
cross-arms  or  other  apparatus  furnished,  the  agreement  shall 
state  by  whom  furnished  and  installed.  This  agreement  must 
also  state  by  whom  all  wires  are  to  be  transferred  and  old 
poles  removed. 

§ 13.  Permit  for  Joint  Use.  No  permit  for  joint  poles 
may  be  issued  until  such  agreement  is  deposited  with  the  City 
Electrician,  which  shall  be  held  until  all  of  said  conditions 
are  fulfilled. 


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§ 14.  Notice  of  Making  Connections.  All  persons,  firms 
or  corporations  engaged  in  commercial  light  or  power  trans- 
mission and  furnishing  current  to  consumers  shall,  before 
connecting  any  installation,  give  the  City  Electrician  notice 
of  such  proposed  connection,  giving  the  names  and  locality 
by  street  and  number. 

§ 15.  City’s  Liability  Caused  by  Inspection.  The  in- 
spection and  control  of  electric  wires,  apparatus,  poles,  con- 
duits, etc.,  or  the  granting  of  certificates  by  the  City  Electri- 
cian shall  not  tend  to  make  the  city  liable  on  account  of  such 
control  of  the  granting  of  such  certificates,  or  lessen  the  lia- 
bility of  persons,  firms,  or  corporations  owning  or  installing 
such  wires,  apparatus,  poles,  conduits,  etc.,  as  would  exist  in 
the  absence  of  such  inspection,  control  or  issuance  of  such 
certificates. 

§ 16.  Record  of  Permits — Report  to  Council.  The  City 
Electrician  shall  keep,  or  cause  to  be  kept,  a full  and  complete 
daily  record  of  all  work  permits  issued,  examinations  made, 
or  other  official  work  performed,  during  each  fiscal  year,  and 
make  an  annual  report  thereof  to  the  Mayor  and  City  Council 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May  of  each  year. 

§ 17.  Collection  of  Fees — Record.  All  the  fees  herein 
required  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Electrician,  who  shall  re- 
ceipt for  the  same  in  duplicate.  All  fees  collected  by  the 
City  Electrician  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  monthly. 
A record  of  all  permits  issued  or  official  work  performed 
shall  be  reported  to  the  City  Council  at  the  first  meeting  of 
each  month. 

§ 18.  Fees  to  be  Charged.  There  shall  be  charged  by 
the  City  Electrician  for  the  issuance  of' permits  for  interior 
wiring,  the  placing  of  electrical  apparatus,  machinery,  poles 
and  fixtures  and  wires  placed  thereon,  the  following  fees : 

Permits  for  Incandescent  Wiring 


One  to  three  outlets $ .50 

Four  to  ten  outlets 1.00 

Eleven  to  twenty  outlets.. 1.50 


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For  each  additional  outlet  over  twenty-five  at  the  rate  of 
five  (5c)  cents  each. 

Lamps  placed  outside  of  buildings  for  decoration,  at  the 
rate  of  five  (5c)  cents  per  lamp. 


Temporary  Lighting 

One  to  twenty-five  lights $ .50 

Twenty-six  to  fifty  lights 1.00 

Over  fifty  lights,  each 01 

Maximum  fee 25.00 

Permits  for  Sign  Wiring 

One  to  fifty  lights $ .50 

Fifty-one  to  two  hundred  lights 1.00 

Two  hundred  one  to  five  hundred  lights 2.00 

Five  hundred  one  to  one  thousand  lights 3.00 


Excess  at  rate  of  ten  cents  per  hundred  lights. 

Illuminated  glass,  either  round  or  otherwise,  with  letter- 
ing thereon  will  be  considered  as  signs. 

No  permits  for  temporary  lighting  shall  be  granted  for 
more  than  thirty  days. 

Permits  for  commercial  arc  lighting  or  rectifiers,  fifty 
cents  each. 

Minimum  charges  for  electric  wiring  permits,  fifty  cents. 


Permits  for  Motors 

One  H.  P.  or  less,  each $ .50 

Excess  at  25c  per  H.  P.,  or  fraction 

Eive  H.  P.,  each 1.50 

Excess  at  10c  per  H.  P.,  or  fraction 


The  party,  firm  or  corporation  installing  the  wires  for  the 
• motor  shall  pay  the  fee,  as  listed  above,  whether  motor  is  in- 
stalled or  preparations  made  for  future  use. 


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Fees  for  electric  welders  and  heaters,  same  rate  per  kilo- 
watt as  motors  are  per  H.  P. 

Permits  for  Setting  Poles 

One  pole , $ .50 

Excess  at  25c  each 

No  fees  shall  be  charged  for  permits  for  changing  or  re- 
moving poles. 

Permits  for  line  wiring  shall  be  charged  for  by' time  re- 
quired to  make  the  inspection  at  the  rate  of  seventy-five  (75c) 
cents  per  hour. 

§ 19.  Rules  That  Control  Work.  The  rules  and  require- 
ments of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  are  hereby 
adopted  as  rules  and  requirements  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
governing  electrical  construction  work,  so  far  as  applicable. 
The  City  Electrician  shall,  however,  have  the  right,  and  it  is 
hereby  made  his  duty,  to  prescribe  from  time  to  time  reason- 
able rules  and  regulations  for  more  specific  control  of  elec- 
trical installations  than  is  given  in  the  Rules  of  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  L^nderwriters,  and  for  the  further  object  of 
carrying  out  and  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  and  other 
ordinances  relating  to  the  erection  and  maintenance  of  poles, 
wires,  conduits,  etc.,  within  the  City  of  Rock  Island.  Such 
rules  and  regulations  shall  be  approved  by  the  City  Council, 
and  the  City  Electrician  shall  have  the  right  and  authority  to 
enforce  the  same,  as  well  as  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

§ 20.  Service  Wires — Where  Connections  Made — Con- 
duits. All  service  wires  used  for  the  purpose  of  transmitting 
or  conducting  electricity  for  light,  heat  or  power,  telephone 
or  telegraph,  to  any  sign,  building  or  residence  must,  where 
possible,  be  installed  so  as  to  feed  from  an  alley,  where  same 
is  available. 

Service  wires  may  be  installed  without  conduit,  but  the 
City  Electrician  may  require  such  protective  measures  a’s  in 
his  judgment  may  be  necessary. 


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Not  more  than  one  set  of  service  wires  will  be  allowed  to 
any  building  when  used  for  purposes  of  like  character,  unless 
practical. 

Existing  conditions  contrary  to  the  requirements  of  this 
section  shall  be  made  to  comply  with  same  within  thirty  days 
upon  written  notice  being  served  by  City  Electrician. 

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All  service  wires  inside  of  buildings  for  supplying  elec- 
tric light,  heat  or  power  shall  be  installed  by  the  person,  firm 
or  corporation  doing  the  inside  wiring  for  which  the  service 
wires  are  required. 

That  class  of  wiring  known  as  “concealed  knob  and  tube 
work”  shall  be  permitted  only  in  private  residences.  Serv- 
ice wires  from  the  point  of  entrance  to  the  building  to  the 
main  switch  and  distributing  center  shall  be  as  follows : 

No  installation  smaller  than  No.  10,  B.  & S.  gauge. 

Three  and  four  circuit  installation,  not  smaller  than  No.  8, 
B.  & S.  gauge. 

No  installation  permissible  exceeding  a two  per  cent  drop. 

§ 21.  Office  of  City  Electrician  Created.  There  is 
hereby  created  the  office  of  City  Electrician,  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  incumbent  of  said  office  to  issue  permits  for 
and  inspect  all  electrical  wires,  poles,  conduits,  subways  and 
apparatus,  and  to  look  after  the  enforcement  of  laws,  rules 
and  regulations  relating  to  the  use  of  public  streets  for  elec- 
trical wires,  supports  or  conduits,  and  the  installation  of  elec- 
trical wires  and  apparatus  in  public  and  private  buildings. 

§ 22.  Duty  of  City  Electrician.  The  City  Electrician 
shall  be  charged  with  the  duty  of  enforcing  all  ordinances 
now  in  force,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  enacted,  pertaining 
to  the  installation  of  electrical  apparatus,  wires,  supports  and 
subways,  poles',  and  for  the  protection  of  life  and  the  preven- 
tion of  fires. 

' § 23.  Bond  of  City  Electrician.  The  City  Electrician 
shall  give  a bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand  ($1,000) 


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dollars,  with  two  or  more  securities  to  be  approved  by  the 
City  Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful,  skillful  and  prac- 
tical performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  EOR  THE  INSTALLA- 
TION OE  INTERIOR  WIRES— APPARA- 
TUS AND  THEIR  SUPPORT 

All  the  following  Rules  and  Regulations  are  to  be  observed 
and  enforced  as  a part  of  this  chapter : 

1.  Only  high  grade  porcelain  knobs,  tubes,  cleats,  etc., 
shall  be  used  as  insulators  for  electric  wires. 

2.  Only  porcelain  sockets  or  receptacles  having  no 
exposed  metal  parts  shall  be  used  in  basements  and  cellars. 

3.  Only  approved  vulcanized  rubber  lamp  cord  may  be 
used. 

4.  Only  iron  cojiduit  may  be  used  for  light  and  switch 
wires  where  channeled  into  brick  walls  or  run  outside  brick 
walls  behind  furring. 

5.  Metal  outlet  boxes  shall  be  used  on  all  conduit  out- 
lets where  practical. 

6.  Metal  conduits  when  run  in  outlet  or  distributing 
boxes  not  threaded  to  receive  conduit  must  be  provided  with 
an  approved  bushing  secured  with  locknut. 

Exposed  ends  of  conduit,  when  not  practical  to  place  in 
outlet  or  distributing  box,  must  be  provided  with  an  approved 
fitting. 

7.  Iron  switch  boxes  (not  skeleton  iron  frames)  shall 
be  used  on  all  flush  switches. 

8.  The  main  entrance  switch  and  fuse  and  all  branch 
distributing  switches  and  fuses  shall  be  enclosed  in  steel 
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9.  The  class  of  wiring  for  light,  heat  or  power  known 
as  “concealed  knob  and  tube  work”  shall  be  permitted  only  in 
private  residences. 

In  all  other  buildings,  and  especially  those  of  a public 
nature,  when  wiring  is  to  be  concealed  and  in  the  basements 
of  these  buildings  and  in  exposed  work  in  buildings  other 
than  private  residences  located  in  the  fire  district,  the  City 
Electrician  may  permit  the  use  of  flexible  armored  conductors 
(BX)  wherever  possible.  Where  flexible  armored  conductor 
is  not  safe  or  practical,  he  may  issue  permit  to  install  open 
knob  and  tube  wiring  temporarily. 

All  wiring  in  garages  shall  be  installed  in  iron  conduit. 
This  shall  include  new  work  and  all  extensions  of  present 
systems. 

10.  Wooden  mouldings  not  to  be  permitted  or  used  in 
any  case,  except  by  special  permission  from  the  City  Elec- 
trician. 

11.  Two  pole  switches  shall  be  installed  to  control  all 
cellar  lights  in  damp  or  moist  places. 

12.  Service  or  distributing  boxes,  when  used  on  con- 
cealed work,  and  located  on  walls  and  ceilings  composed  of 
plaster  or  other  material  on  wooden  joist  or  stud  construc- 
tion, must,  where  possible,  be  set  flush  with  finished  surface. 

13.  Service  or  distributing  boxes  must  not  be  more  than 
a distance  of  five  feet  to  center  above  floor  or  special  plat- 
form, unJess  given  special  permission  from  the  City  Elec- 
trician. 

14.  Any  extra  trips  of  the  City  Electrician,  other  than 
those  required  for  regulation  inspections,  will  be  charged  for 
at  the  rate  of  fifty  (50c)  cents  per  trip.  This  includes  any 
trip  for  wrong  construction,  defective  material  or  for  any  call 
to  make  inspection  before  such  work  is  ready. 

Regular  trips  are  defined  as  follows : One  trip  on  installa- 

tions of  exposed  work  and  two  on  installations  considered 
as  concealed  work. 


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RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  INSTALLA- 
TION OF  OVERHEAD  AND  UNDERGROUND 
WIRES,  POLES,  FIXTURES  AND  UN- 
DERGROUND CONDUITS 

1.  Before  any  wires,  cables  or  conductors  are  run 
for  any  purpose,  except  to  repair  accidents,  on  poles  or  fix- 
tures, or  from  any  building,  or  over  the  roofs  of  buildings,  a 
permit  therefor  shall  be  first  obtained  from  the  City  Electri- 
cian by  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  doing  the  work. 

2.  When  a line  is  completed  and  ready  for  inspection, 
a report  must  be  made  to  the  City  Electrician  in  writing,  stat- 
ing to  what  poles  and  fixtures  the  same  is  attached,  the  size 
of  wire,  kind  of  insulation  and  amount  of  wire  strung,  and  no 
current  shall  be  transmitted  over  such  line  until  the  construc- 
tion has  been  approved  by  the  City  Electrician. 

3.  All  wires,  except  trolley  wires,  designated  to  carry 
electric  light  or  power  current  must  be  covered  with  a sub- 
stantial high  grade  insulation  not  easily  worn  away  by  fric- 
tion, and  whenever  insulation  becomes  impaired  it  shall  be 
renewed  at  once.  This  applies  also  to  joints,  which  shall  be 
soldered  and  insulated  with  at  least  two  layers  of  friction 
tape  and  painted  with  an  approved  paint. 

No  wire  smaller  than  No.  8,  B.  & S.  gauge,  shall  be  used 
outside  of  buildings  to  carry  current  for  light,  heat  or  power 
purposes,  and  the  use  of  so-called  “Underwriter’s  Insulation” 
on  any  of  such  wires  is  hereby  prohibited. 

4.  All  primary  or  high  potential  wires  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  approved  porcelain  lined  cut-outs  on  all  branches 
and  at  all  transformers;  and  the  mains  shall  be  divided  into 
sections  by  means  of  said  approved  line  cut-out  located  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  City  Electrician. 

5.  All  connections  with  lines  of  electric  light  or  power 
conductors  shall  be  at  right  angles  to  same  and  connections 
to  buildings  as  nearly  horizontal  as  conditions  will  permit; 
the  wires  then  to  run  down  the  face  of  the  building. 


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6.  All  wires  carried  on  poles  or  other  fixtures  shall  be 
fastened  to  petticoat  glass  or  porcelain  insulators,  approved 
by  the  City  Electrician,  and  must  be  stretched  taut  and  tied 
with  wire  of  the  same  insulation  as  the  mains. 

7.  No  wire  shall  be  stretched  within  four  inches  of  any 

building,  pole  or  other  object  without  being  held  perma- 
nently out  of  contact  with  the  same  by  an  approved  insulator. 
All  wires  strung  on  housetops  must  be  seven  (7)  feet  clear  of 
the  roof.  v 

8.  No  wire,  excepting  trolley  and  span  wires,  shall 
hang  in  any  street  or  alley  within  twenty  (20)  feet  of  the 
ground  at  the  lowest  point,  except  where  required  to  reach  a 
lamp  or  connection  to  some  other  apparatus,  and  must  be  then 
protected  by  extra  insulation  covering,  and  be  rigidly  and 
securely  fastened  in  place. 

9.  Wires  in  crossing  must  cross  above  or  below  the 
wires  of  other  companies  and  not  among  a group  of  wires. 

10.  Wires  shall  cross  each  other  at  right  angles  as 
nearly  as  possible,  and  where  it  can  be  done,  shall  cross  on 
arms  secured  to  poles  or  fixtures. 

11.  Electric  light  and  power  wires  on  the  same  arm 
shall  be  twelve  (12)  inches  apart,  the  arms  not  less  than 
twenty  (20)  inches  apart,  and  the  distance  between  the  pole 
pins  at  least  twenty-six  (26)  inches  apart. 

12.  Whenever  fifty  or  more  wires  are  owned  or  used 
for  the  same  character  of  service,  by  the  same  company,  firm 
or  corporation,  on  any  pole  line,  the  said  wires  shall  be  run  in 
either  aerial  or  underground  cable. 

13.  Telegraph,  telephone  and  wires  of  like  character 
must  not  be  attached  to  the  same  arm  with  electric  light  or 
power  wires,  and  when  possible,  must  be  run  on  a separate 
line  of  poles. 

14.  When  electric  light  or  power  wires  are  run  on  the 
same  pole  with  telephone  or  telegraph  wires,  they  must  be 


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kept  at  all  points  five  (5)  feet  apart,  unless  otherwise  per- 
mitted in  writing  by  the  City  Electrician. 

15.  All  guy  wires  attached  to  poles  carrying  electric 
light  or  power  circuits  shall  have  at  least  an  approved  line 
insulator  inserted  between  the  lowest  wire  and  the  pole,  stub 
or  anchor  to  which  the  guy  wire  is  attached. 

16.  All  service  wires  shall  have  an  approved  weather- 
proof covering,  be  securely  fastened  to  petticoat  glass  or  por- 
celain insulators,  or  approved  service  blocks  and  be  provided 
with  drip  loops,  and  shall  enter  all  j^uildings  through  porce- 
lain drip  tubes  or  approved  service  heads. 

17.  When  wires  are  to  be  brought  below  the  roof  of  a 
building,  the  drop  must  commence  at  the  top  of  the  same 
building  and  run  straight  down  between  and  not  in  front  of 
windows,  hoistways,  etc.,  and  as  near  the  wall  as  the  character 
of  the  service  will  admit. 

18.  No  wires  shall  be  secured  to  chimneys,  nor  in  any 
way  interfere  with  the  use  of  fire  escapes. 

19.  Before  any  fixture  erected  on  any  building  has 
wires  placed  thereon,  the  construction  of  the  fixture  shall  be 
approved  by  the  City  Electrician. 

20.  They  shall  be  substantially  constructed,  firmly 
secured  to  the  building  and  rigidly  braced,  and  of  such  height 
that  the  lowest  wire  shall  be  at  least  seven  (7)  feet  above  flat 
roofs  and  one  (1)  foot  above  the  ridge  of  pitched  roofs  over 
which  they  pass  or  to  which  they  are  attached. 

21.  Eixtures  shall  not  be  located  over  skylights  or 
placed  so  as  in  any  way  to  interfere  with  the  passage  to  and 
from  the  roof. 

22.  As  far  as  possible  fixtures  shall  be  placed  on  build- 
ings so  that  the  wires  will  be  of  uniform  height  (to  avoid 
sudden  rise  and  fall  of  the  conductors). 


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23.  When  more  than  a single  arm  is  required  on  a fixture, 
all  arms  shall  be  of  uniform  length  and  size,  and  all  fixtures 
shall  be  painted  and  kept  in  thorough  repair. 

24.  A plan  of  every  pole  to  be  set,  drawn  to  scale,  show- 
ing location,  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Electrician  when 
making  application  for  permit  to  set  poles. 

25.  All  poles  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City 
Electrician.  They  must  be  straight,  sound,  free  from  large 
knots,  and  shaved  and  painted  one  coat  before  being  set.  No 
pole,  except  guy  poles,  shall  be  less  than  thirty  (30)  feet  in 
length. 

26.  Poles  shall  be  set  not  less  than  five  (5)  feet  in  the 
ground  and  six  (6)  inches  additional  for  each  five  (5)  feet  ad- 
ditional length  above  thirty  (30)  feet  and  shall  be  solidly 
tamped,  the  sidewalk  properly  replaced  and  all  excess  dirt 
or  refuse  from  the  streets  and  alleys  removed. 

27.  Poles  shall  be  set  where  directed  by  the  City  Elec- 
trician, and  as  nearly  as  possible  on  the  line  of  division  be- 
tween lots,  except  where  they  are  required  to  carry  wires  on 
cross  streets.  They  shall  be  uniformly  spaced,  be  of  uniform 
height  and  the  spacing  in  streets  shall  not  exceed  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  (1^)  feet. 

28.  Each  line  of  poles  must  be  run  on  one  side  of  the 
street  or  alley,  and  not  across  to  the  opposite  side  except 
where  absolutely  necessary. 

29.  Two  lines  of  poles  shall  not  be  erected  or  maintained 
on  the  same  side  of  the  street  for  any  purpose. 

31.  Extensions  shall  not  be  placed  on  poles  without  the 
approval  of  the  City  Electrician. 

32.  Arms  on  poles  carrying  the  same  class  of  conductors 
shall  be  of  uniform  length,  and  when  designated  to  carry  four 
or  more  wires,  shall  be  bolted  to  poles  and  supported  by  iron 
braces. 


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33.  So-called  pole  brackets  shall  not  be  used  on  poles  for 
any  purpose.  Wires  shall  be  run  on  cross  arms  only,  unless 
given  special  permission  by  the  City  Electrician. 

34.  All  conduits  and  subways  for  electrical  purposes 
shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  permit  the  drawing  on  or  removal 
of  conductors  or  cables  without  opening  the  streets,  and,  so 
far  as  possible,  without  disturbing  the  cables  of  parts  of  the 
conduits  or  subway  construction. 

35.  All  conduits  shall  provide  ample  mechanical  protec- 
tion to  the  cables  therein,  and  whenever  it  may  be  necessary 
the  ducts  shall  be  suitably  protected  from  outside  injury. 

36.  All  ducts  shall  be  so  arranged  that  moisture  can 
drain  from  ducts  into  manholes. 

37.  Manholes  and  handholes  shall  be  of  enduring  con- 
struction and  shall  be  kept  free  from  water,  gas  and  accumula- 
tion of  dirt. 

38.  No  manhole  or  handhole  shall  include  in  its  construc- 
tion any  gas,  water  or  sewer  pipe,  or  any  other  foreign  con- 
struction. 

. 39.  Every  manhole  and  handhole  cover  shall  permanently 

bear  the  name  or  initials  of  the  owner. 

40.  When  a manhole  is  opened  it  shall  be  carefully 
examined  for  the  presence  of  gas  before  any  flame  is  brought 
near.  If  gas  is  present,  the  manhole  shall  be  thoroughly 
ventilated  before  work  is  begun  or  a light  or  flame  is  used. 

41.  No  person  shall  be  allowed  access  to  manholes,  hand- 
holes, distribution  boxes  or  any  other  part  of  the  subway  or 
conduits  of  any  company,  firm  or  corporation,  except  the 
authorized  representative  of  the  owners  of  the  ducts,  and 
the  City  Electrician  and  his  authorized  representatives. 

42.  No  manhole  covering  shall  be  removed  at  any  time 
without  sufficient  guard  in  the  street  while  the  manhole  is 
opened,  and  until  the  manhole  is  finally  closed,  no  covering 
shall  be  placed  on  the  hole. 


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43.  All  underground  cables  shall  be  enclosed  in  continu- 
ous substantial  water-tight  sheathing. 

44.  The  insulation  of  all  high  tension  wires  shall  be  of 
such  character  and  thickness  as  not  to  be  injured  by  the 
bending  of  the  cables  or  in  drawing  them  into  the  subways, 
and  shall  be  of  such  quality  and  thickness  as  will  withstand 
double  the  working  pressure  used  on  the  cables. 

45.  That  within  three  months  after  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance  all  persons,  firms  or  corporations  owning  and  main- 
taining wooden  poles  which  are  erected  in  the  streets,  alleys, 
and  public  grounds  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  for  the  pur- 
pose of  transmitting  or  conducting  electricity  for  light  and 
power,  or  telephone  or  telegraph  poles,  shall  paint  the  same 
a dark  green,  and  shall  paint  all  iron  poles  black,  unless  the 
said  poles  shall  have  been  painted  within  six  months  prior 
to  the  date  of  the  passage  hereof. 

46.  Each  person,  firm  or  corporation  owning  such  poles 
shall  cause  to  be  painted  thereon  an  approved  distinguishing 
mark  to  designate  their  ownership;  and  any  pole  used  jointly 
or  in  common  by  one  or  more  companies  shall  bear  the  distin- 
guishing mark  of  each  of  said  companies,  and  be  painted  as 
aforesaid.  All  poles  shall  be  repainted  every  five  years. 

47.  No  person  or  persons  shall  post,  paste  or  in  any  other 
way  attach  or  affix  to  any  telegraph,  telephone,  electric  light 
pole,  or  to  any  other  public  service  pole  within  this  city  any 
bill,  notice,  announcement  or  advertising  matter  or  thing. 

48.  No  poles  shall  be  erected  upon  any  street  or  avenue 
of  this  city  where  an  alley  is  available  for  the  same  purpose, 
and  no  poles  shall  be  placed  so  as  to  interfere  with  free 
access  to  any  property. 

DIVISION  II— MOVING  PICTURE  MACHINES 

Section  1.  Requirements  of  Arc  Lamps,  Arc  lamps  used 
as  part  of  moving  picture  machines  or  other  devices  used  to 
display  pictures  on  canvas  or  other  materials  where  ])owerful 


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light  is  used  must  be  constructed  to  conform  with  arc  lamps 
of  theatres,  and  the  wiring  of  same  must  not  be  less  than  6,  B. 
& S.  gauge. 

§ 2.  Rheostats.  Rheostats  must  conform  to  the  rheostat 
requirements  for  theatres. 

§ 3.  Protection  of  Films.  Top  reels  must  be  encased  in 
a steel  box  with  hole  at  bottom  only  large  enough.for  film  to 
pass  through,  and  cover  so  arranged  that  this  hole  can  be 
instantly  closed.  No  solder  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of 
this  box. 

A steel  box  must  be  used  for  receiving  the  film  after  being 
shown,  with  a hole  in  the  top  only  large  enough  for  the  film 
to  pass  through  freely,  wdth  a cover  so  arranged  that  this  hole 
can  be  instantly  closed.  An  opening  may  be  placed  at  the 
side  of  the  box  to  take  films  out,  with  a door  hung  at  the 
.top  so  arranged  that  it  cannot  be  entirely  opened,  and  pro- 
vided with  spring  catch  to  lock  it  closed.  No  solder  to  be 
used  in  the  construction  of  this  box. 

§ 4.  Handle  and  Shutter.  The  handle  or  crane  used  in 
operating  the  machine  must  be  secured  to  the  spindle  or  shaft, 
so  that  there  will  be  no  liability  of  its  coming  off  and  allow- 
ing the  film  to  stop  in  front  of  the  lamp.  A shutter  must  be 
placed  in  front  of  the  condenser,  arranged  so  as  to  be  readily 
closed. 

§ 5.  Extra  Films.  Extra  films  must  be  kept  in  metal 
boxes  with  tight  fitting  covers. 

§ 6.  The  machine  may  be  operated  by  hand  or  may  be 
motor  driven  upon  compliance  with  the  conditions  herein. 
The  motor  and  its  electrical  connections  must  conform  to  the 
requirements  of  the  rules  of  the  Underwriters.  The  operator 
must  at  all  times,  when  the  machine  is  in  operation,  remain  in 
the  booth.  No  operator  shall  operate  a motor-driven  machine 
unless  he  shall  first  .have  secured  therefor  a license  so  to  do 
for  one  year,  and  the  fee  shall  be  one  ($1)  dollar.  Upon 
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offender  shall  be  liable  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  ($5) 
dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  '($200)  dollars,  and 
as  a further  penalty,  upon  conviction,  his  license  shall  be 
revoked  and  another  license  shall  not  be  issued  to  him  within 
a period  of  twelve  months. 

Picture  machines  must  be  placed  in  an  enclosure  or  house 
made  of  suitable  fire-proof  material,  be  thoroughly  ventilated 
and  large  enough  for  the  operator  to  walk  freely  on  either 
side  of  or  back  of  the  machine.  All  openings  into  this  booth 
must  be  arranged  so  as  to  be  entirely  closed  by  doors  or  shut- 
ters constructed  of  the  same  or  equally  good  fire-resisting 
material  as  the  booth  itself.  Doors  or  covers  must  be 
arranged  so  as  to  be  held  normally  closed,  with  spring  hinges 
or  equivalent  devices.  The  doors  to  the  booths  must  swing 
outward. 

§ 7.  SpeciBcations  of  Enclosure.  The  framing  of  the 
booth,  or  house,  or  enclosure  in  which  moving  picture 
machines  are  to  be  operated  must  be  made  of  l-inch  by  l-inch 
by  ^-inch  angle  iron,  properly  braced  to  secure  rigidity  and 
securely  riveted  or  bolted  at  joints. 

Size  of  the  enclosure  to  be  not  less  than  five  feet  by  five 
feet  by  six  feet. 

Sheathing  to  be  galvanized  sheet  iron  of  not  less  than  No. 
20,  B.  W.  Gauge,  or  yf^-mch  hard  asbestos  board,  securely 
riveted  or  bolted  to  angle  iron  frame. 

§ 8.  Floor  Enclosure.  The  floor  enclosure  to  be  of  the 
same  material  as  sides  and  roof,  riveted  or  bolted  to  iron 
covered  with  a rubber  or  cork  matting. 

§ 9.  Specifications  of  Doors.  The  door  to  enclosure  to 
be  not  larger  than  two  feet  wide  by  five  feet  high,  of  same  con- 
struction as  booth  and  so  arranged  as  to  close  automatically, 
either  by  means  of  a spring  to  be  placed  on  the  exterior  and 
riveted  to  a frame  work,  or  by  a metal  rope  and  weight  attach- 
ment. Two  latches  of  steel  must  be  provided  and  to  be 
placed  one  twelve  inches  from  top  and  the  other  twelve  inches 


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from  the  bottom  of  door.  Latch  bars  to  be  connected  by  metal 
rods,  so  that  one  operation  opens  both  latches. 

§ 10.  Ori£ce.  The  orifice  or  opening  (for  operation 
view,  or  through  which  picture  is  thrown)  to  be  not  larger 
than  twelve  inches  by  twelve  inches,  and  provided  with  a 
gravity  door  of  same  construction  as  booth,  held  in  position 
by  fusible  links  placed  in  series  with  fine  cord,  so  arranged 
that  normally  one  of  the  links  is  suspended  directly  over  the 
film  when  the  film  is  in  the  slide  of  the  apparatus,  or  arranged 
so  as  to  be  normally  closed  or  held  open  by  pressure  of  the 
operator's  foot. 

§ 11.  Shelves.  All  shelves  to  be  of  same  construction  as 
booth. 

§ 12.  InEammable  Material.  No  clothing  or  other  in- 
flammable material  other  than  the  material  necessary  to  oper- 
ate picture  machines  are  to  be  kept  in  the  booth. 

§ 13.  Ventilation.  The  booth  must  have  an  opening  for 
ventilation,  which  must  be  flanged  to  carry  standard  conduc- 
tor pipe  for  exhausting  the  hot  air  generated  in  operating  the 
machine.  An  exhaust  fan  should  be  placed  at  the  outer  end  of 
the  conductor  or  stove  pipe,  unless  connection  is  made  with 
chimney. 

§ 14.  Ventilating  Pipe.  Where  it  is  possible,  ventilating 
pipe  should  lead  to  chimney,  or  outside  of  building,  in  order 
to  carry  ofif  explosive  gases  formed  by  the  incomplete  com- 
bustion of  the  film. 

§ 15.  Wiring  of  Machine,  Etc.  The  wiring  for  all  ma- 
chines must  be  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  as  amended  from 
time  to  time. 

§ 16.  Code  Rules.  The  National  Electric  Code  Rules 
and  requirements  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters 
as  amended  from  time  to  time  are  hereby  made  a part  of  this 
ordinance. 


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§ 17.  Competent  Operators.  All  operators  of  moving  or 
other  picture  machines  where  electricity,  gas  or  other  ma- 
terials are  used  to  produce  powerful  light,  must  satisfy  the 
proper  authorities  that  he  is  a competent  operator  of  such 
machines. 

§ 18.  Applies  to  Private  and  Public.  This  ordinance 
applies  to  all  machines,  of  whatever  nature,  used  in  any  way 
for  throwing  powerful  lights  through  lenses  or  other  ma- 
terials in  any  public  or  private  building  in  the  city  limits  of 
the  City  of  Rock  Island,  Illinois. 

DIVISION  III— PENALTY 

Any  person,  hrm  or  corporation  who  violates  or  fails  to 
comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  and 
chapter,  or  any  of  the  rules  and  regulations  herein  contained, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  ($5) 
dollars  or  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each 
offense;  and  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars  or  more  than 
ten  ($10)  dollars  per  day  for  each  day  of  delay  in  complying 
with  the  terms  of  this  ordinance  and  chapter,  after  being  re- 
quested by  any  duly  authorized  officer  of  this  city  so  to  do. 


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CHAPTER  18 

EXPRESSMEN,  CARTERS,  ETC. 

Section  1.  Expressmen,  Carters,  etc.,  to  Have  License — 
Fee.  No  person  shall, within  the  limits  of  said  city, pursue  the 
occupation  of  a public  expressman,  carter,  wagoner,  drayman, 
or  any  like  occupation  for  the  carriage  of  goods,  wares  and 
merchandise,  or  other  property,  or  in  pursuing  such  occupa- 
tion either  obtain  or  deliver  the  same  for  hire,  profit  or  gain, 
without  a license,  to  be  issued  to  him  for,  but  not  beyond,  the 
municipal  year.;  for  which  license  he  shall  pay  to  the  City 
Clerk  for  said  city  the  sum  of  five  ($5)  dollars.  And  the  fact 
that  such  person  may  have  procured  a license  from  another 
municipality  within  or  outside  of  the  State  of  Illinois  to  pur- 
sue such  occupation  shall  not  exempt  such  person  from  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 

§ 2.  Name  and  Number  of  License  to  be  Affixed  to 
Vehicle.  Every  person  so  licensed  shall  have  and  keep  his 
name  and  number  of  his  license,  painted  in  plain  letters  and 
figures,  conspicuously  placed  on  the  outside  of  each  side  of 
his  vehicle  during  the  continuance  of  his  license,  and  upon 
its  expiration  or  revocation,  shall  remove  and  discontinue  the 
use  of  same. 

§ 3.  Charges  Allowed.  Every  person  so  licensed  and 
registered  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  for  carrying  freight, 
goods  or  other  property,  except  trunks  or  other  traveling 
baggage,  the  following  rates  per  load  (and  where  less  than 
a full  load  is  contracted  to  be  carried  it  shall  be  deemed  a 
load),  viz:  for  the  use  of  one  man  and  a team  for  house  mov- 
ing and  all  other  drayage,  except  for  the  hauling  of  baggage, 
a charge  of  not  to  exceed  seventy-five  (75)  cents  per  hour 
shall  be  made. 

The  following  rates  shall  be  charged  for  the  hauling  of 
baggage : For  one  piece  for  a distance  of  sixteen  (16)  blocks 
or  less,  twenty-five  (25)  cents:  thirty  blocks  or  less  and  more 
than  sixteen  blocks,  fifty  (50)  cents,  and  exceeding  thirty 


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blocks,  seventy-five  (75)  cents.  Where  more  than  one  piece 
of  baggage  is  carried,  a reduction  of  20  per  cent  off  the  above 
stated  charge  shall  be  made  on  each  piece  in  excess. 

§ 4.  Carrying  Trunks,  etc.  — Bond.  No  person  so 
licensed  shall  carry  trunks  or  other  traveling  baggage  of  any 
description  without,  in  addition  to  the  payment  of  the  license 
fixed  in  Section  1 of  this  chapter,  having  first  given  a bond  in 
the  sum  of  $500,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  that  he  will  pay  all  dam- 
ages which  may  occur  to  any  person  or  persons  by  reason  of 
the  careless  handling  or  loss  of  such  article. 

§ 5.  Standing  Places.  The  standing  places  for  persons 
so  licensed  shall  be  the  same  as  fixed  for  hackmen,  etc. 

§ 6.  Penalty  for  Not  Carrying  Goods  When  Applied  To. 

No  person  licensed  for  the  carriage  of  goods  as  aforesaid, 
when  disengaged  and  his  legal  charges  are  paid  or  tendered 
to  him,  shall,  without  lawful  excuse,  refuse  to  carry  any 
goods,  when  applied  to  for  that  purpose,  or  having  under- 
taken to  carry  the  same,  shall  omit  or  neglect  so  tO'  do. 

§ 7.  Report  of  Moving  Furniture  and  Household  Goods. 

Every  drayman,  truckman,  teamster,  corporation  or  other 
person  or  persons  who  shall  carry,  transport  or  remove  the 
household  goods  of  another  person  from  any  place  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  this  city,  or  outside  the  corporate  limits 
of  this  city,  or  to  any  place  of  storage,  or  to  any  railroad 
station  or  depot  in  this  city,  or  outside  of  this  city,  shall,  after 
such  carriage,  transportation  or  removal,  make  a daily  written 
report  to  the  Chief  of  Police,  not  later  than  10  o’clock  A.  M., 
stating  therein  the  place  from  and  the  place  to  which  such 
removal  is  made,  together  with  the  name  of  the  owner  of  the 
goods  removed. 

The  Chief  of  Police  shall  keep  a record  of  each  report 
made  by  the  requirements  of  this  chapter  and  this  report 
record  shall  be  open  to  inspection  as  are  other  records  of  a 
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§ 8.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Any  person  who  shall  vio- 
late or  neglect  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Chapter  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  two  ($2) 
dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  ($50)  dollars  for  each  ofifense. 


CHAPTER  1 9 

FERRIES 

§ 1.  Ferries  to  Have  License.  No  person  shall  estab- 
lish, keep  or  use  any  ferry,  or  keep  or  use  any  boat  or  other 
craft  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  persons  or  property  across 
the  Mississippi  river  to  and  from  any  point  within  the  limits 
of  said  city,  for  profit  or  hire,  without  having  first  obtained  a 
license  from  the  Council  of  said  city  therefor. 

§ 2.  License,  How  Obtained  — Fee  — Bond  — Proviso. 
Any  person  may  petition  the  City  Council  for  license  to  keep 
a ferry,  and  if  said  City  Council  shall  deem  such  ferry  neces- 
sary, it  shall  order  the  City  Clerk  to  issue  a license  to  such 
person,  upon  the  payment  of  a fee  therefor  at  the  rate  of 
three  hundred  ($300)  dollars  a year;  the  $300  is  to  be  paid 
when  the  license  is  issued,  and  the  like  amount  annually 
thereafter  during  the  term  for  which  license  is  granted  ; and 
upon  the  execution  and  delivery  to  said  City  Clerk  of  a bond 
in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  ($5,000)  dollars,  conditioned  for 
the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  as  ferryman  and  compli- 
ance with  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  and  the  ordinances  of  this  city  relative  to  ferries, 
payable  to  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  with  sufficient  sureties, 
to  be  approved  by  the  Council,  which  bond  shall  be 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk.  Provided,  no  such 
license  shall  be  granted  unless  the  petitioner  shall  have  given 
notice  of  his  intended  application  by  publication  in  some 
daily  newspaper  published  in  said  city  for  five  (5)  successive 
issues,  the  first  publication  whereof  -shall  be  at  least  ten  days 
previous  to  the  meeting  of  the  Council  at  which  the  applica- 
tion shall  be  made.  Suit  may  be  brought  upon  such  bond  for 
the  use  of  said  city,  or  for  the  use  of  any  person  aggrieved. 


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§ 3.  Term  of  License  — Renewal  — Revocation.  The 
term  for  which  a ferry  license  shall  continue  shall  be  five  (5) 
years,  but  the  same  may  be  renewed  from  time  to  time,  upon 
petition,  at  the  expiration  of  the  term  or  terms,  without  the 
notice  hereinbefore  required,  upon  giving  the  bond  and  pay- 
ing the  license  fee  as  provided  in  Section  2 of  this  ordinance. 
Provided,  however,  that  such  license  may  be  revoked  by  said 
Council  whenever  the  person,  firm  or  company  to  whom  such 
license  was  granted,  or  any  person  managing  such  ferry,  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  or  neglect  to  comply  with  any 
of  the  requirements  of  the  ordinances  of  this  city  relative  to 
ferries. 

§ 4.  Steamboat  to  be  Provided — Hours  of  Running — 
Wharves,  Dock,  Walks,  Causeways,  etc.,  to  be  Provided. 

Every  person  obtaining  a license  as  aforesaid  shall  forthwith 
provide  and  keep  in  good  repair  a good  and  safe  steamboat 
such  as  will  comply  with  the  marine  laws  of  the  United  States, 
of  sufficient  size  and  capacity  to  carry  at  least  100  persons  and 
four  teams  of  loaded  wagons  attached  at  the  same  time,  and 
provided  with  a proper  cabin  for  the  reception  of  passengers, 
kept  neat  and  well  lighted  and  heated  when  necessary;  said 
boat' shall  run  from  5:30  o’clock  a.  m.  until  9:30  p.  m.,  and 
shall  afiford  safe  and  speedy  passage  to  all  persons  and  their 
teams  and  property  during  the  time  aforesaid,  unless  delay 
is  necessary  and  except  when  it  would  manifestly  appear 
hazardous  so  to  do.  He  shall  maintain  and  keep  the  same  for 
the  ready  and  safe  conveyance  of  persons  and  property  across 
the  said  river,  and  shall  faithfully  attend  thereto  with  such 
and  so  many  sufficient  and  safe  boats,  and  so  many  competent 
pilots,  engineers  and  other  men  and  proper  implements,  as 
shall  be  necessary  to  operate  such  ferry  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  public  when  said  river  is  reasonably  passable. 
He  shall  provide  suitable  wharves  and  docks,  with  neat  and 
clean  waiting  rooms,  properly  lighted  and  heated  when  nec- 
essary, and  also  convenient  causeways  and  walks  leading  to 
the  same  for  teams  and  property  and  foot  passengers,  and 
all  other  conveniences  and  safeguards  necessary  for  the 
embarking  and  landing  of  passengers,  teams,  cattle  and  other 


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property  in  safety  and  without  unnecessary  delay,  and  shall 
keep  the  said  causeways  and  walks  properly  lighted  with 
stationary  gas,  naphtha  or  electric  lights  from  dark  in  the 
evening  until  daylight  in  the  morning  of  each  day. 

§ 5.  Fees  for  Carrying  Persons  and  Property — Printed 
Lists  to  be  Posted — Penalty  for  Charging  More.  Any 

licensed  ferry  keeper  may  demand  and  receive  the  following 
fees  for  carrying  passengers  and  property,  and  no  more: 
Footmen,  each,  5 cents,  or  ten  rides  for  25  cents  where  tickets 
are  purchased,  which  tickets  shall  be  transferable;  double 
team,  each,  50  cents;  each  additional  horse,  15  cents;  single 
team,  each,  25  cents ; horse  and  rider,  20  cents ; neat  cattle,  6 
or  less  in  number,  each,  15  cents;  neat  cattle,  over  6 in  number, 
each,  8 cents ; sheep  or  hogs,  10  or  less  in  number,  each  5 
cents ; sheep  or  hogs,  over  10  in  number,  each,  3 cents ; and 
a printed  list  of  such  fees,  or  ferrage,  shall,  by  the  keeper 
of  said  ferry,  be  posted  and  kept  continually  up  in  at  least 
two  conspicuous  places  on  the  boat,  one  on  the  lower  deck 
and  one  in  the  passengers’  cabin,  and  every  ferry  keeper  who 
shall  demand  or  receive  any  greater  fees  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a violation  of  this  ordinance. 

§ 6.  Landing  Dock  Location  — Proviso  — Additional 
Boats  if  Required.  The  landing  dock,  or  wharf,  to  be  pro- 
vided by  the  person  so  obtaining  a license  shall  be  located 
as  the  Council  may  direct,  and  shall  be  subject  to  such 
changes  as  to  location  as  the  Council  may  deem  necessary 
and  expedient,  and  may  from  time  to  time  direct.  Provided, 
that  no  person  shall  be  licensed  to  keep  a ferry  within  three 
(3)  blocks  of  an  established  ferry,  unless  the  Council  should 
deem  the  same  necessary  for  the  public  interest. 

The  Council  also  reserves  the  right  to  require  the  ferry 
keeper  to  provide  additional  boats  if  the  Council  shall  deem 
the  same  necessary  and  required  by  the  traffic;  to  regulate  the 
time  of  service  and  the  frequency  of  trips,  and  full  authority 
in  all  matters  of  conveniences,  comforts  and  safeguards  to 
be  provided  as  the  interest  of  the  public  may  require. 


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§ 7.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Any  keeper  of  a ferry  or 
any  person  in  his  employ,  or  any  person  managing  such 
ferry,  or  any  other  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  or 
fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  court,  for  each  ofifense,  and  every  trip  made,  every 
person  carried ; and  every  article  of  property  transported 
by  any  person  not  licensed  shall  be  deemed  a distinct  ofifense. 

§ 8.  Failure  of  Ferrymen  to  Comply — Penalty.  If  any 

person  or  parties  to  whom  license  has  heretofore  been 
granted  by  the  Council,  or  by  any  ordinance  may  be  author- 
ized to  keep  and  run  a ferry,  shall  fail  or  neglect  for  a period 
of  ten  (10)  days  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  to  file 
with  the  City  Clerk  a bond,  as  herein  provided,  to  comply 
Avith  all  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  then  such  license 
shall  be  deemed  as  lapsed  and  void,  and  from  thenceforth 
of  no  efifect. 


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CHAPTER  20 

FINES  AND  PENALTIES 

Section  1.  Actions  for  Penalty — How  Brought.  All 
actions  and  prosecutions  to  recover  any  fine  or  to  enforce 
any  penalty  under  any  ordinance  of  this  city  shall  be 
brought  and  the  proceedings  therein  conducted  as  provided 
by  law  in  such  cases;  and  when  there  is  no  provision  relating 
thereto,  then,  as  near  as  may  be,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by 
law  in  other  cases  before  police  magistrates  and  justices  of 
the  peace. 

§ 2.  Costs — How  Taxed  and  Payable — No  Security  for 
or  Judgment  Against  the  City  for  Costs.  The  police  magis- 
trate or  justice  of  the  peace  before  whom  any  such  actions 
may  be  tried  shall  be  entitled  to  recover  the  ^same  costs  as 
are  fixed  by  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  'Illinois  for  justices 
of  the  peace  in  similar  cases.  Provided,  that  security  for 
costs  on  the  part  of  the  city  shall  not  be  required  in  any 
case,  and  judgment  for  costs  shall  not  in  any  case  be  rendered 
against  the  city. 

In  cases  where  the  defendant  is  acquitted,  the  complainant 
or  prosecutor  may  be  adjudged  to  pay  the  costs  if  it  appears 
to  the  magistrate  that  the  prosecution  was  instituted  vexa- 
tiously,  maliciously  or  without  probable  cause. 


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CHAPTER  2 1 

ARTICLE  I— FIRE  DEPARTMENT 
ARTICLE  II— FIRE  LIMITS 
ARTICLE  III— GUNPOWDER— FIREWORKS 
ARTICLE  IV— COMBUSTIBLE  MATERIAL 

ARTICLE  I— FIRE  DEPARTMENT 

Section  1.  Of  What  It  Shall  Consist.  The  fire  depart- 
ment of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  shall  consist  of  one  Chief, 
one  Assistant  Chief  and  such  number  of  captains  and  firemen 
as  the  Council  may  from  time  to  time  direct. 

§ 2.  Officers — Appointment.  The  Mayor  shall,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  City  Council,  in  the  month 
of  May  next  following  his  installation  into  office,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  may  be,  appoint  a competent  and  experienced 
fireman,  a citizen  of  said  city,  as  such  Chief,  and  one  other 
person  of  like  qualifications  as  Assistant  Chief  of  said  de- 
partment. 

§ 3.  Firemen — Appointment — Removal.  The  Chief  shall 
recommend,  with  the  consent  of  the  Council,  the  appointment 
of  such  number  of  able  and  respectable  persons  of  said  city 
as  the  Council  shall  direct  as  firemen,  to  take  the  care  and' 
management  of  the  engines  and  other  apparatus  and  imple- 
ments belonging  to  said  department,  and  with  like  consent 
may  remove  them,  and  m^ke  from  time  to  time  such  rules  and 
regulations  for  the  government  of  the  department  as  are  not 
inconsistent  with  the  ordinances  of  said  city,  and  such  as 
may  be  deemed  necessary  to  promote  the  greatest  efficiency. 

§ 4.  Furlough  for  Firemen.  It  is  further  understood 
that  each  and  every  fireman  in  continuous  service  for  one  (1) 
year  or  more  shall  be  entitled  to  a fifteen  (15)  day  furlough 
during  each  and  every  year  thereafter. 

The  service  in  this  section  contemplated  shall  be  entitled 
to  greater  compensation  on  account  of  previous  employment 


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in  such  department:  Provided,  however,  that  a member  of 

the  department  who  shall  have  voluntarily  quit  the  service 
and  not  for  any  breach  of  discipline,  shall,  on  again  entering 
the  department,  be  entitled  to  start  at  the  rate  of  compensa- 
tion fixed  for  the  second  six  months  period. 

§ 5.  Chief — Powers  and  Duties  of.  The  Chief,  and  in 
his  absence  the  Assistant  Chief,  shall  have  command  over  all 
members  of  the  fire  department,  and  all  other  persons  who 
may  be  present  at  fires,  and  shall  have  police  powers  at  all 
fires.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  look  into  the  condition  of  all 
engines  and  other  apparatus  belonging  to  the  city  and  used 
for  the  purposes  of  the  fire  department  as  often  as  circum- 
stances render  expedient,  or  when  directed  so  to  do  by  the 
Council,  and  shall  keep  an  inventory  of  all  property  used  in 
connection  with  or  belonging  to  the  fire  department,  together 
with  an  account  of  all  expenditures  in  connection  therewith; 
and  shall  also  keep  a list  of  fires  which  may  occur  during 
his  term  of  office,  the  cause  or  origin  thereof,  if  known,  the 
amount  of  loss,  insurance,  and  such  other  information  as 
may  be  deemed  of  importance  or  public  interest;  and  shall 
make  a report  thereof  to  the  Council  annually,  at  least  one 
week  before  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year. 

The  Chief  of  the  fire  department  of  this  city  is  instructed, 
.and  it  is  hereby  delegated  as  part  of  his  duty,  “to  prevent  the 
dangerous  construction  and  condition  of  chimneys,  fire- 
places, hearths,  stoves,  stovepipes,  ovens,  boilers  and  appa- 
ratus used  in  and  about  any  building  and  manufactory,  and 
to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  or  placed  in  a safe  condi- 
tion when  considered  dangerous;  to  regulate  and  prevent 
the  carrying  on  of  manufactories  dangerous  in  causing  or 
promoting  fires ; to  prevent  the  deposit  of  ashes  in  unsafe 
places,  and  to  cause  all  such  buildings  and  inclosures  as  may 
be  in  a dangerous  state  to  be  put  in  a safe  condition.” 

The  Chief  of  the  fire  department,  as  the  authorized  head 
of  said  department  in  this  city,  is  hereby  delegated  with  all 
lawful  authority  that  can  be  vested  by  this  Council  to  en- 
force and  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  hereof ; and  wher- 


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ever  it  is  desired  to  abate,  regulate  and  prevent  any  act  or 
construction  or  existing  structure  that  may  be  considered  by 
him  dangerous,  he  is  to  be  the  judge  of  the  length  of  notice 
that  is  to  be  sent  to  the  party  upon  whom  the  burden  devolves 
of  correcting  the  dangerous  condition. 

Any  person  or  persons  resisting  the  Chief  of  the  fire  de- 
partment, or  those  acting  for  him,  in  the  exercise  of  his 
duties  specified  herein  shall  be  deemed  to  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  of  the  same,  shall  be 
punished  as  provided  in  Section  26  of  this  Chapter. 

’ § 6.  Assistant  Chief  and  Electrician.  The  Assistant  Chief 

shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  Chief,  but  in  his  absence 
shall  have  the  chief  direction  of  the  fire  department,  and 
have  the  control  of  all  fire  apparatus  and  other  property  con- 
nected with  the  department,  and  in  general  perform  all  the 
duties  of  the  Chief. 

That  an  experienced  electrician  shall  be  appointed  on  the 
fire  department  to  serve  as  Electrician  of  the  fire  department 
of  the  City  of  Rock  Island. 

§ 7.  Firemen — Duties  of.  The  firemen,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Chief  and  his  Assistant,  shall,  upon  every  alarm  of 
fire,  repair  to  the  place  of  fire  with  the  fire  apparatus  under 
their  care,  and  there  work  and  manage  the  same,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Chief  and  his  Assistant,  and  shall  place  and 
work  their  apparatus  in  the  most  effectual  manner  until  the 
fire  be  extinguished. 

§ 8.  Employes  Disobeying  Orders.  Any  employe  of 
the  fire  department  refusing  to  obey  the  orders  of  the  Chief, 
and,  in  his  absence,  of  the  Assistant,  or  neglect  or  refuse  to 
perform  any  lawful  duty  assigned  him,  or  who  shall  violate 
any  of  the  rules  and  regulations  governing  the  fire  depart- 
ment, may  be  suspended  by  such  Chief,  and,  in  his  absence,  by 
the  Assistant  Chief  in  charge,  until  the  next  meeting  of  the 
Council,  at  which  time  said  officer  shall  prefer  charges,  and 
said  Council,  after  a fair  and  impartial  hearing  of  all  the 
facts,  may,  in  its  discretion,  dismiss,  suspend,  or  reinstate. 


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Any  employe  of  the  fire  department  who  shall  become 
intoxicated  while  either  on  or  off  duty  shall  be  summarily 
dismissed  by  the  Chief. 

§ 9.  Tearing  Down  or  Blowing  Up  Buildings  or  Other 
Structures.  The  Chief,  or  Assistant  Chief,  in  command  during 
a fire,  or,  in  the  absence  of  both,  the  Mayor  or  two  Commis- 
sioners may  direct  the  removal,  tearing  down  or  partial  de- 
struction of  any  frame  building,  erection  or  fence,  for  the 
purpose  of  checking  the  progress  of  the  fire ; and  the  officer 
in  command,  with  the  advice  and  concurrence  of  the  Mayor 
or  two  Commissioners,  shall  have  power  to  blow  up,  or  cause 
to  be  l)lown  up,  with  powder,  or  otherwise,  any  building  or 
erection  during  the  progress  of  the  fire,  for  the  purpose  of 
lextinguishing  or  checking  the  same. 

§ 10.  Limits  May  be  Prescribed  at  Fires.  The  Chief, 
and  in  his  absence,  the  Assistant  Chief,  may  prescribe  limits 
in  the  vicinity  of  a fire  which  no  person  except  persons  resid- 
ing or  owning  property  therein,  members  of  the  Council  or 
of  the  fire  or  police  department,  and  those  admitted  by  the 
order  of  the  Mayor,  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  except  on 
the  order  of  the  officer  in  command.  And  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  police  officers  to  aid  in  carrying  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 

§ 11.  Persons  Under  Suspicion  of  Having  Caused  Fire 
and  Carried  Away  Property  May  be  Arrested  by  Chief. 

During  the  progress  of  a fire,  and  for  twenty-four  hours  after 
its  extinction,  the  Chief  and  his  Assistant  shall  have  power  to 
arrest  any  person  whom  they  may  have  reasonable  cause  to 
suspect  of  having  wilfully  caused  such  fire  or  having  carried 
away  during  such  fire  any  property  belonging  to  another 
and  hidden  or  converted  the  same  to  his  use,  and  turn  such 
person  over  to  the  police  authorities,  who  shall  cause  him  to 
be  securely  held  until  the  charges  can  be  investigated  before 
some  court  having  jurisdiction. 

§ 12.  Firemen  to  Wear  Uniform.  The  Chief  and  his 
Assistant,  and  all  members  of  the  fire  department  regularly 


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appointed,  shall  wear  caps,  badges,  or  uniforms,  as  the  Com- 
missioner of  Public  Health  and  Safety  may  direct,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Council.  No  such  Chief  or  Assistant  or 
member  of  the  fire  department  shall  allow  any  person  not 
authorized  by  this  section  to  wear  his  fireman’s  cap,  badge 
or  uniform,  and  no  person  not  authorized  herein  shall  wear 
the  same. 

§ 13.  Buildings  of  Fire  Department — Use  of — Fire  Ap- 
paratus— Use  of — Not  to  be  Taken  Beyond  City  Limits.  No 
building  belonging  to  the  city  and  used  for  the  purpose  of 
'the  fire  department  shall  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  ex- 
cept by  permission  of  the  Council ; nor  shall  any  person  or 
member  of  the  said  fire  department  having  in  charge  any 
engine  or  other  fire  apparatus  belonging  to  the  city  suffer 
or  permit  the  same  to  be  applied  to  any  private  use,  or  shall 
take  the  same  beyond  the  city  limits,  except  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  the  city  during  the  time  of  a fire,  without  having 
obtained  permission  of  the  Mayor  ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Chief  and  Assistant  to  see  that  the  engines  and  other 
apparatus  committed  to  their  care,  and  the  building  or  build- 
ings in  which  the  same  are  deposited,  and  all  things  in  and 
belonging  to  the  same,  are  kept  neat  and  clean  and  in  order 
for  immediate  use.  And  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  preserve 
order  and  discipline  at  all  times  among  the  men  under  their 
charge,  and  to  require  and  enforce  the  strict  compliance  with 
the  city  ordinances  and  rules  and  regulations  of  the  fire  de- 
partment. 

§ 14.'  Draymen  and  Others  to  Assist  Officers.  It  shall 
be  lawful  for  the  Chief  or  his  Assistant,  Mayor,  or  for  any 
Commissioner  or  police  officer  to  require  the  aid  of  any  dray- 
man with  his  horse  and  dray,  driver  of  a licensed  wagon  with 
his  wagon  and  team,  carter,  expressman,  wagoner,  driver  of 
truck  or  automobile,  or  any  other  person,  inhabitant  or 
bystander,  with  his  horse  and  conveyance,  in  drawing  or  con- 
veying any  engine  or  fire  apparatus,  hose  carriage  or  hose  to 
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§ 15.  Driving  Over  Hose.  Whenever  any  hose  of  the 
fire  department  is  laid  upon  any  street  or  alley  for  the  pur- 
pose of  being  used  by  the  department,  it  shall  not  be  lawful 
for  any  wagon,  street  car,  or  locomotive,  railroad  car,  or  any 
other  vehicle  to  pass  over  the  same,  unless  the  said  hose  shall 
have  been  protected  by  wooden  railings  laid  along  side 
thereof,  and  then  only  at  the  places  so  protected.  No  driver 
or  owner  of  any  wagon,  dray,  street  car,  or  locomotive,  rail- 
road car,  or  any  other  vehicle  shall  drive  or  cause  the  same 
to  be  driven  over  any  such  unprotected  hose. 

§ 16.  Injury  to  Property.  Any  person  who  shall  wil- 
fully injure  any  property  belonging  to  the  city  pertaining  to 
the  fire  department  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  a sum 
not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  ($50) 
dollars. 

§ 17.  Violation  of  Ordinance — Penalty.  Any  person 
who  shall  violate  any  or  either  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Chapter,  or  any  section,  clause  or  provision  of  any  section 
of  this  Chapter,  or  who  shall  neglect  or  fail  to  comply  with 
any  or  either  of  the  requirements  thereof,  or  any  person 
hindering  or  attempting  to  hinder  or  in  any  way  interfere 
with  the  Chief  or  Assistant  Chief  or  any  fireman  of  said  city 
when  in  the  discharge  of  their  legitimate  duties,  or  who  shall 
refuse  to  obey  the  lawful  commands  of  the  Chief  or  Assistant 
Chief,  or  who  shall  conduct  himself  in  a noisy  and  disorderly 
manner  while  in  the  vicinity  of  a fire,  shall,  on  conviction,  be 
punished  as  provided  in  Section  26  of  this  Chapter. 

ARTICLE  II— FIRE  LIMITS 

§ 18.  Fire  Limits  Defined.  All  that  part  of  said  city 
embraced  within  the  following  specified  limits  shall  here- 
after be  know  as  the  fire  limits  of  said  city,  viz:  Beginning 

on  the  south  bank  of  the  Mississippi  river  in  the  center  of 
Thirteenth  (13th)  street,  running  thence  southerly  in  the 
center  of  said  street  to  the  center  line  of  Fifth  (5th)  avenue, 
thence  easterly  in  the  center  of  said  avenue  to  the  west  line 


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of  Twenty-seventh  (27th)  street,  thence  north  along  the  west 
line  of  said  street  projected  to  the  south  bank  of  the  Missis- 
sippi river,  thence  westerly  along  the  south  bank  of  said 
river  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

§ 19.  Regulations  for  Building.  No  building  shall  be 
erected  within  or  outside  of  said  fire  limits,  except  in  con- 
formity with  the  building  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  City 
of  Rock  Island. 


ARTICLE  III— GUNPOWDER— FIREWORKS 

§ 20.  Gunpowder — How  to  be  Kept — Penalty.  No  pow- 
der magazine  or  place  for  storing  and  keeping  dynamite  or 
gunpowder  shall  be  kept  or  used  within  this  city,  except  by 
special  permission  of  the  Council  in*  each  case.  No  person 
shall  have  or  keep  within  said  city,  except  in  a licensed  maga- 
zine, a greater  quantity  of  gunpowder  than  thirty  pounds  at 
one  time,  and  the  same  shall  only  be  kept  in  tin  canisters  or 
closed  kegs,  and  in  a situation  remote  from  fires,  lighted 
lamps,  candles,  gas,  or  other  inflammable  matter,  and  shall 
not  be  weighed,  opened  or  exposed,  except  by  daylight.  Pro- 
vided, that  wholesale  dealers  may  keep,  for  storage  only,  not 
exceeding  three  hundred  (300)  pounds  of  gunpowder,  in 
closed  keg  containing  not  more  than  twenty-five  (25) 
pounds  each,  in  a fireproof  box,  securely  locked  and  placed 
upon  wheels  outside  and  adjacent  to  their  places  of  business, 
so  that  the  same  may  be  easily  moved  in  case  of  fire. 

§ 21.  Sale  of  Fireworks  Regulated.  The  discharge,  fir- 
ing or  use  of  all  fire  crackers,  rockets,  torpedoes,  Roman 
candles,  or  other  fireworks  or  substances  designed  and  in- 
tended for  pyrotechnic  display,  and  of  all  pistols,  canes, 
cannons,  or  other  appliances  using  blank  cartridges  or  caps 
containing  chlorate  of  potash  mixture,  is  hereby  prohibited. 
Provided  that  the  Mayor  or  Council  may  order  the  public 
display  of  fireworks  by  properly  qualified  individuals  under 
the  direct  supervision  of  experts  in  the  handling  of  fireworks. 
Provided  also,  that  such  display  or  displays  shall  be  of  such 


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character  and  so  located,  discharged  or  fired  as,  in  the  opinion 
of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  shall  not  be  hazardous 
to  surrounding  property,  or  endanger  any  person  or  persons. 

§ 22.  The  Sale  of  Fireworks  at  Retail  Is  Prohibited. 

The  storage  or  sale  of  fireworks  at  wholesale  is  prohibited, 
except  by  permit  from  the  Mayor,  issued  for  a period  of  one 
year.  Application  for  permit  must  be  filed  with  the  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department  at  least  thirty  days  previous  to  the 
issuing  of  the  permit  and  must  give  detailed  description  of 
the  proposed  care  and  storage  of  said  materials  and  of  the 
structural  conditions  and  occupancies  of  the  building. 

Permits  may  be  issued  only  after  an  inspection  of  the 
premises  by  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  or  his  author- 
ized agent,  who  shall  file  with  the  Mayor  and  fire  depart- 
ment a certificate  of  approval  or  disapproval  and  reasons 
therefor. 

§ 23.  Fire  Chief  May  Order  Removal.  The  Chief  of 
Fire  Department  may,  at  his  discretion,  remove  or  have 
removed,  at  the  owner’s  expense,  all  stocks  of  fireworks  or 
other  combustibles  exposed  for  sale,  or  held  in  stock  in  viola- 
tion of  this  section. 

§ 24.  Fire  Chief  to  Direct  Fire  Appliances.  The  Chief 
of  Fire  Department  shall  direct  such  fire  appliances  as  in  his 
judgment  may  be  necessary  for  the  premises,  and  he  shall 
see  that  two  or  more  persons  are  instructed  in  their  use,  and 
as  to  the  best  means  of  getting  fire  alarms  to  the  fire  de- 
partment. 


ARTICLE  IV— COMBUSTIBLE  MATERIAL 

§ 25.  Combustible  Material  Not  to  be  Left  so  as  to  En- 
danger Buildings.  No  person  shall,  within  the  limits  of  said 
city,  place  any  lumber,  hay,  straw,  or  other  easily  combusti- 
ble material,  in  any  street,  alley,  public  place,  or  private  lot 
within  sixty  (60)  feet  of  any  lot  or  ground  in  the  same  block 
without  the  consent  of  the  owner  of  said  lot  or  ground,  or  the 


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owner  of  buildings  thereon,  and  in  case  such  buildings  are 
leased,  of  the  tenant;  excepting  lumber  intended  for  the 
erection  of  buildings  on  the  premises,  lumber  to  be  manufac- 
tured on  the  premises,  and  in  cases  where  the  exception  may 
be  made  without  materially  endangering  contiguous  property, 
small  quantities  of  mill  wood  or  other  combustible  material 
for  use  on  the  premises.  All  smoke  houses  and  places  for  the 
deposit  of  ashes  within  the  limits  of  the  city  shall  be  of  stone, 
brick,  iron  or  other  fire-proof  material. 

§ 26.  Violation  — Penalty.  Any  person  violating  any 
provision  of  this  Chapter  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a mis- 
demeanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by 
a fine  of  not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor  more  than  fifteen 
($15)  dollars  for  the  first  ofifense,  and  not  less  than  five  ($5) 
dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  for  the  second 
ofifense,  and  for  the  third  and  all  succeeding  ofifenses,  not  less 
than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
($100)  dollars. 


CHAPTER  22 

GAMES 

Section  1.  Billiard  Tables,  Etc.,  to  be  Licensed.  No  per- 
son shall  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  keep  for 
public  use,  or  let  for  hire,  gain  or  profit,  any  billiard  table, 
pool  table,  pigeon  hole  table,  bagetelle  table  or  other  like 
table,  nine  or  ten  pin  alley,  or  other  pin  alley,  or  shooting 
gallery,  or  shooting  park,  without -a  license  for  such  purpose, 
under  the  penalty  hereinafter  prescribed. 

§ 2.  Pool  Hall — Petition  for  License.  That  hereafter  it 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  conduct  or  manage' a pool 
hall  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  without  first  having  secured  a 
license  therefor  to  so  do.  Before  such  license  shall  be  issued 
it  shall  be  necessary  for  the  applicant  to  submit  to  the  City 
Council  a petition  in  writing  signed  by  a majority  of  property 
owners  on  both  sides  of  the  street  or  avenue  within  two 


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hundred  (200)  feet  of  the  front  door  of  the  proposed  pool 
hall,  asking  that  a pool  hall  license  be  granted. 

§ 3.  Term  and  Price  of  License.  License  for  any  of  the  |! 

purposes  named  in  Section  1 hereof  may  be  granted  for  the  r 

term  of  the  municipal  year  in  which  the  same  is  granted  or  I 

any  unexpired  portion  thereof,  upon  the  payment  by  the  r 

applicant  to  the  City  Clerk  for  the  use  of  the  city  the  fol-  | 

lowing  license  fees,  viz:  “For  each  billiard  table  or  pool  I 

table,  ten  ($10)  dollars  ; for  each  bagatelle  table,  pigeon  hole  | 

table  or  other  like  table,  five  ($5)  dollars;  for  each  nine  or 
ten  pin  alley,  or  other  pin  alley,  ten  ($10)  dollars;  for  each 
shooting  gallery,  ten  ($10)  dollars.  ' 

§ 4.  Use  of  License  Regulated.  No  such  table,  alley,  or 
gallery  shall  be  used  by  or  let  or  hired  to  any  minor,  nor  any  ■ 
minor  allowed  to  frequent  the  premises  where  the  same  is 
kept,  without  the  consent  of  his  parents  or  guardian,  nor  by 
any  intoxicated  person,  noi|  any  such  person  allowed  to 
frequent  or  remain  in  said  premises,  nor  any  gambling- 
allowed  in  or  upon  said  premises,  nor  any  intoxicating  liquor  i 
be  sold,  or  kept  for  sale,  upon  said  premises,  or  allowed  to  be  = 
bought  or  drank  upon  the  premises;  and  said  premises  shall 
at  all  times  be  kept  in  an  orderly  and  well  governed  con- 
dition, and  shall  be  closed  at  eleven  o’clock  p.  m.  of  each  day, 
and  no  games  or  amusements  allowed  therein  after  that  hour.  ' 

§ 5.  Penalty  for  Violation  Hereof.  A violation  of  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  ' 
not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  j 
dollars,  and  also  in  case  the  person  violating  is  possessed  of 
a license,  by  a forfeiture  of  such  license,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Council. 


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CHAPTER  23 

GASOLINE 

Section  1.  To  be  Sold — Red  Can.  No  person,  firm  or 
corporation  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  carry  or  deHver  gaso- 
line in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  by  retail,  unless  the  same  shall 
be  so  sold,  offered  for  sale  and  delivered  in  a can  or  other 
proper  receptacle  which  is  painted  red;  and  no  illuminating 
oil,  or  oil  of  any  kind,  or  any  other  liquid  material  other  than 
gasoline,  shall  be  sold  in  a can  or  receptacle  painted  red  as 
above  specified. 

§ 2.  Quantities  to  be  Kept.  No  merchant,  dealer,  painter 
or  other  person,  company  or  corporation  shall  within  the  fire 
limits  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  keep  on  hand  in  any  store 
building,  cellar  or  other  place  within  the  fire  limits  a greater 
quantity  of  carnphene,  benzine,  bensole,  naphtha,  or  other 
coal  oils,  or  any  easily  inflammable  burning  fluid,  than  one 
barrel,  not  exceeding  sixty  gallons,  of  each,  at  any  one  time, 
not  exceeding  five  barrels  in  all;  and  benzine,  bensole  and 
naphtha  kept  for  retail  shall  be  sold  by  daylight  only, 
and  shall  be  kept  in  a tin  can  or  other  metal  vessel : Provided, 

that  any  dealer,  merchant  or  other  person,  if  he  keeps  none 
of  the  other  oils  or  inflammable  substances  named  or  referred 
to  in  this  ordinance,  may  keep  five  barrels  of  kerosene  or  two 
barrels  of  benzine,  or  two  of  any  other  kind,  not  exceeding- 
five  in  all,  and  if  retailed,  it  shall  be  from  tin  cans  or  metal 
cases.  Any  quantity  of  gasoline  may  be  kept  and  stored 
underground,  by  special  permission  of  the  Council  first 
obtained. 

§ 3.  Outside  of  Fire  Limits.  Outside  of  said  fire  limits 
no  such  merchant,  dealer,  person,  company  or  corporation 
shall  keep  any  of  said  articles  other  than  as  above  provided, 
without  the  consent  of  the  City  Council. 

§ 4.  Storage.  None  of  the  articles  or  substances  named 
or  referred  to  in  Section  2 of  this  ordinance  shall  be  kept  or 
stored  in  front  of  any  building  or  structure,  or  on  any  street. 


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alley,  wharf,  sidewalk  or  lot  for  a longer  time  than  is  suffi- 
cient to  receive  in  store  (w  in  delivering  the  same,  provided 
that  such  time  shall  not  exceed  six  (6)  hours;  but  this  ordi- 
nance shall  not  prevent  common  carriers  from  receiving  and 
storing  in  the  usual  course  of  business,  in  any  building  be- 
longing to  said  carrier,  said  oils  and  substances  for  a period 
not  exceeding  five  (5)  days;  nor  shall  this  ordinance  prevent 
any  merchant  from  storing  for  his  own  use,  or  for  the  pur- 
poses of  sale,  in  any  building  or  structure  said  oils  and  in- 
fiammable  substances  belonging  to  himself,  provided  they 
are  so  stored  outside  the  fire  limits,  and  provided  the  building 
or  structure  in  which  they  are  so  stored  is,  and  during  the  time 
of  said  storing  shall  remain,  at  least  three  hundred  (300)  feet 
from  any  other  building  or  structure.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  to  enforce  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance. 

§ 5.  Penalty.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  or  neglect 
to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor 
more  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  for  each  ofifense. 


CHAPTER  24 

HEALTH 

Section  1.  General  Duties  and  Powers  of  City  Physician 
— To  See  that  Business  is  Conducted  with  Regard  to  Health 
— Report  Delinquencies — Request  Revocation  of  the  Licenses 
— Advise  City  Authorities — Investigate  as  to  Existence  of 
Disease.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Physician  at  all 
times  to  see  that  all  business  is  conducted  with  due  regard 
to  the  public  health  and  comfort,  and  to  request  the  revocation 
of  any  license  which  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  proper 
preservation  of  the  public  health  or  comfort,  and  he  shall  have 
and  exercise  a general  supervision  over  the  sanitary  condition 
of  the  city,  and  in  case  of  any  emergency,  to  report  the  same 
to  the  Council.  Tie  shall  give  to  the  Mayor  and  other  city 


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authorities  all  such  professional  advice  and  information  as 
they  may  require,  with  a view  to  the  preservation  of  the  pub- 
lic health;  and  whenever  he  shall  hear  of  the  existence  of  any 
malignant,  contagious,  or  pestilential  disease,  he  shall  inves- 
tigate the  same,  and  adopt  measures  to  arrest  its  progress. 

§ 2.  To  Enforce  Health  Laws  and  Ordinances — To  Enter 
on  Premises — Cause  Same  to  be  Cleaned,  etc.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  City  Physician  to  enforce  all  the  laws  of 
the  state  and  ordinances  of  the  city  in  relation  to  the  sanitary 
regulation  of  the  city,  and  cause  all  nuisances  to  be  abated 
with  all  reasonable  promptness.  And  for  the  pur[)ose  of 
carrying  out  the  foregoing  requirements  he  shall  be  permitted 
at  all  times,  from  the  rising  to  the  setting  of  the  sun,  to  enter 
into  any  house,  store,  stable  or  other  building,  or  premises,  in 
order  to  make  a thorough  examination  of  cellars,  vaults, 
sinks  or  drains,  and  to  cause  the  floors  to  be  raised,  if  he  shall 
deem  it  necessary  ; and  to  cause  all  privies  to  be  cleaned  and 
kept  in  good  condition,  and  to  cause  all  dead  animals  or  other 
nauseous  and  unwholesome  things  or  substances  to  be  buried, 
or  removed,  or  disposed  of  as  he  may  direct. 

§ 3.  Notice  to  Abate  Nuisance— Penalty  for  not  Abating 
— Shall  Have  Same  Abated — Expense  of  Same.  In  order  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  section,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  City  Physician  to  serve  a notice  upon  the 
owner,  occupant  or  agent  of  any  lot,  building  or  premises  in 
or  upon  which  any  nuisance  may  be  found,  or  who  may  be  the 
owner  or  cause  of  such  nuisance,  requiring  him  to  abate  the 
same  within  reasonable  time.  It  shall  not  be  necessary  in  any 
case  for  the  City  Physician  to  specify  in  such  notice  the  man- 
ner in  which  any  nuisance  shall  be  abated,  unless  he  shall  deem 
it  advisable  so  to  do;  such  notice  may  be  served  by  any  officer 
of  the  city,  and  if  such  owner,  occupant  or  agent  shall  neglect 
or  refuse  to  comply  with  such  order  within  the  time  specified, 
he  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5), 
nor  more  than  fifty  ($50)  dollars  for  every  such  violation;  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Physician,  upon  the  expiration 
of  the  time  specified  in  said  notice,  to  cause  such  nuisance  to 


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be  abated ; whenever  the  owner,  occupant  or  agent  of  the 
premises  in  or  upon  which  any  nuisance  may  be  found  is 
unknown  or  cannot  be  found,  the  said  City  Physician  shall 
proceed  to  abate  the  same  without  notice;  and  in  either  case 
the  expense  of  such  abatement  shall  be  collected  from  the 
person  or  persons  who  may  have  created,  continued  and  suf- 
fered such  nuisance  to  exist. 

§ 4.  To  Visit  Persons  Having  Infectious  Diseases — to 
Move  Them  When  Proper — Provide  Medical  Attendance.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  City  Physician  to  visit  and  examine, 
or  cause  to  have  visited  or  examined,  all  sick  persons  who 
shall  be  reported  to  him  as  laboring,  or  supposed  to  be  labor- 
ing, under  yellow  fever,  smallpox,  cholera,  or  any  infectious 
or  pestilential  disease,  and  cause  all  such  infected  persons  to 
be  removed  to  such  safe  and  proper  place  or  places  as  he  may 
think  proper  and  necessary,  and  cause  them  to  be  provided 
with  suitable  nurses  and  medical  attendance,  at  their  own 
expense,  if  they  are  able  to  pay  for  the  same,  but  if  not,  then 
at  the  expense  of  the  county.  All  persons  having  any  con- 
tagious or  infectious  disease  in  the  city  are  hereby  required 
to  be  kept  and  confined  within  their  respective  dwellings,  or 
places  of  abode,  or  place  to  which  they  have  been  removed, 
so  long  as  there  is  danger  of  transmitting  said  disease. 

The  City  Physician  shall  also  attend  and  render  his  pro- 
fessional services  to  all  sick  persons  who  may  be  placed  in 
quarantine,  and  who  have  no  other  medical  attendance. 
Such  services  are  to  be  rendered  by  said  City  Physician  with- 
out any  extra  charge  to  the  city  therefor,  and  as  a part  of  his 
duties  as  such  City  Physician. 

§ 5.  To  Place  Notice  on  Houses  Where  Pestilential  Dis- 
eases Exist — Penalty  for  Defacing  or  Removing  Notice.  It 

shall  be  the  duty  of  said  City  Physician  to  cause  a notice  to 
be  placed  upon  or  near  any  house  in  which  any  person  may 
be  affected  or  sick  with  smallpox,  scarlet  fever  or  any  in- 
fectious, pestilential  or  epidemic  disease,  upon  which  shall 
be  written  or  printed,  in  large  letters,  the  name  of  such  dis- 
ease; and  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  deface,  alter,  mutilate, 


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destroy  or  tear  down  such  notice,  without  permission  of  the 
City  Physician,  such  person  or  persons  shall  be  liable  for 
each  offense  to  pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars, 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars;  the  occupant  of 
any  house  upon  which  such  notice  shall  be  placed  or  posted, 
as  aforesaid,  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the  removal  of  the 
same,  and  if  the  same  shall  be  removed  without  permission  of 
said  City  Physician,  such  occupant  shall  be  subject  to  the  like 
fine,  unless  he  shall  notify  the  City  Physician  within  twelve 
hours  after  such  removal. 

. § 6.  Cause  Premises  to  be  Cleaned,  Disinfected  or  Closed 
to  Visitors.  Said  City  Physician  shall  have  power  to  cause 
any  house  or  any  premises  to  be  cleaned,  disinfected,  or  closed 
to  visitors,  and  prevent  persons  from  resorting  thereto  while 
any  person  is  laboring  under  any  pestilential  or  infectious 
disease;  he  may,  by  an  order  in  writing,  direct  any  nuisance 
to  be  abated,  or  unwholesome  matter  or  substance,  dirt  or  filth 
to  be  removed  from  any  house  or  premises,  and  may  prescribe 
the  time  and  mode  of  doing  so,  and  take  any  measure  he  may 
deem  necessary  and  proper  to  prevent  the  spread  of  any  in- 
fectious, pestilential  or  epidemic  disease. 

§ 7.  Shall  Have  Charge  of  all  Places  Where  Pestilential 
Diseases  Exist — Employ  Assistants  and  Nurses — Furnish 
Medicines  and  Burial  for  Indigent  Persons.  The  City  Phy- 
sician shall  have  charge  of  all  houses,  buildings  and  places 
wherever  he  may  cause  to  be  removed  any  person  laboring  or 
supposed  to  be  laboring  under  yellow  fever,  smallpox, 
cholera,  or  any  infectious  or  pestilential  disease. 

§ 8.  Persons  to  be  Vaccinated.  The  City  Physician  may 
take  such  measures  as  he  may  from  time  to  time  deem  neces- 
sary to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  smallpox  where  an  epidemic 
is  threatened,  by  issuing  an  order  requiring  all  persons  in  the 
city  not  having  a certificate  of  vaccination  to  be  vaccinated, 
and  to  be  vaccinated  within  such  time  as  he  shall  prescribe; 
and  all  persons  refusing  or  neglecting  to  obey  such  order 
shall  be  liable  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  ($v3)  dollars  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars.  Provided,  that  it  shall 


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be  the  duty  of  the  City  Physician  to  provide  for  the  vaccina- 
tion of  such  persons  as  are  unable  to  pay  for  the  same  at  the 
expense  of  the  city. 

§ 9.  To  Have  Vaccine  Virus — Give  Vaccination  Certifi- 
cates. Said  City  Physician  shall  always  have  on  hand,  as 
far  as  practicable,  a sufficient  quantity  of  vaccine  virus;  and 
he  shall  vaccinate  and  re-vaccinate,  without  charge,  all  per- 
sons who  may  apply  to  him  for  that  purpose  and  are  unable  to 
pay  for  the  same;  and  siiall  give  certificates  of  vaccination  to 
children  who  have  been  vaccinated  and  require  certificates 
from  physicians  for  admission  to  the  public  schools. 

§ 10.  To  Issue  Quarantine  Proclamation  to  be  Approved 
by  Mayor.  Said  City  Physician,  whenever  and  at  such  times 
as  by  him  shall  be  deemed  necessary,  may,  by  proclamation, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  require  all  boats,  ves- 
sels, railroad  cars  or  other  public  conveyances  bound  for  this 
city,  before  the  same  shall  land  or  stop  at  any  wharf,  depot  or 
landing  place,  or  stopping  place  therein,  to  touch  or  stop  at 
the  sites,  places  or  station  selected  and  established  for  quaran- 
tine purposes,  and  leave  all  such  emigrants,  travelers  or  per- 
sons, and  all  such  sick,  diseased  or  unclean  persons,  with  their 
stores  and  baggage,  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  officers  stationed 
at  such  quarantine  sites,  places  or  boundaries  shall  be  deemed 
proper  on  account  of  the  existence  or  general  report  of 
cholera,  yellow  fever,  or  any  contagious  disease,  or  diseases 
apprehended  to  endanger  the  health  of  the  city. 

§ 11.  To  Station  .Physicians  at  Quarantine,  to  Examine 
Boats,  Cars,  etc.,  and  Determine  Who  Shall  Land — Duty  of 
Person  in  Charge  of  Boat,  Car  or  Vessel  to  Assist  City  Phy- 
'sician.  Said  City  Physician  may  also  cause  to  be  stationed 
at  any  such  quarantine  sites,  places  or  stations,  one  or  more 
physicians  or  health  officers,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  go  on 
board  and  examine  all  boats,  vessels,  cars  or  other  public 
conveyances  so  as  aforesaid  required  to  touch  or  stop  at 
said  quarantines,  and  then  and  there  determine  what  emi- 
grants, passengers  or  persons  (if  any)  shall  be  permitted 


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to  come  to  the  city,  and  what  emigrants,  passengers  or  per- 
sons (if  any)  shall  stop  at  such  quarantine;  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  all  persons  conducting  or  in  charge  of  any  such 
vessel,  boat,  car'  or  public  conveyance  to  aid  and  assist  any 
such  physician  or  health  officer  in  the  exercise  of  his  duties. 

§ 12.  To  Attend  Sick  and  Supervise  Quarantine.  Said 
physicians  or  health  officers  shall  attend  to  all  sick  persons 
who  may  be  landed  or  placed  in  quarantine,  and  provide 
medicines  and  necessaries  for  their  use;  and  shall  have  gen- 
eral supervision  of  such  quarantine,  and  compel  persons 
therein  to  purify  their  bodies,  clothes  and  baggage,  and  do 
all  such  acts  and  things  as  shall  be  proper  in  the  premises, 
keeping  correct  accounts  of  all  expenditures  and  wages. 

§ 13.  To  Give  Permits  to  Vessels,  Boats  and  Persons  to 
Enter  from  Quarantine.  Whenever  the  physician  or  officer 
in  charge  of  any  quarantine  station  or  place  shall  be  satis- 
fied that  there  is  no  longer  occasion  for  the  detention  of  any 
boat,  vessel,  car,  or  conveyance  at  such  quarantine  or  place, 
and  such  boat,  vessel,  car  or  conveyance  shall  have  been  thor- 
oughly cleaned,  and  such  persons  as  aforesaid  landed  and 
placed  in  the  care  of  such  physician  or  officer,  such  physician 
or  officer  shall  give  such  vessel,  boat,  car  or  conveyance  a per- 
mit, signed  by  him,  to  enter  the  city,  which  shall  be  authority 
'for  the  entry  of  said  boat,  car  or  conveyance,  and  the  said 
officers,  respectively,  shall  discharge  all  persons  in  quaran- 
tine by  their  certificate  for  that  purpose,  whenever  they  are 
satisfied  that  such  persons  are  free  of  disease  and  their  bag- 
gage and  effects  properly  purified.  Provided,  however,  that 
the  City  Physician,  in  his  discretion,  by  proclamation  for 
that  purpose,  may,  during  the  prevalence  of  cholera,  small- 
pox, or  other  contagious  or  fatal  disease,  forbid  the  admission 
of  emigrants  or  others  peculiarly  liable  thereto  into  any  or 
all  of  said  quarantines  or  stations  until,  in  his  opinion,  the 
health  of  the  city  will  justify  the  same. 

§ 14.  No  Person  Shall  Bring  Into  the  City  Contagious 
Disease — Vessels  and  Cars  to  Report  at  Quarantine.  No  per- 
son, master,  captain  or  conductor  in  charge  of  any  boat, 


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vessel,  railroad  car,  or  public  conveyance  shall  knowingly 
bring  into  this  city  any  person  diseased  of  cholera,  smallpox, 
yellow  fever,  or  contagious  or  communicable  disease  whatso- 
ever; and  no  vessel,  boat,  railroad  car,  or  public  conveyance 
at  any  time  covered  by  said  proclamation  shall  pass  by  any 
quarantine  station  or  place  without  stopping,  nor  shall  leave 
the  same  without  the  permit  aforesaid;  and  no  person 
stopping  in  said  quarantine,  or  so  as  aforesaid  received 
therein,  shall  leave  the  same  without  first  obtaining  permis- 
sion as  aforesaid ; nor  shall  any  person  aid  or  abet  any  master, 
conductor  or  person  in  charge  of  any  boat,  vessel,  railroad 
car,  or  public  conveyance  in  violating,  neglecting  or  evading 
any  provision  or  requirement  of  this  ordinance;  nor  shall 
any  person  interfere  with,  resist,  neglect  or  refuse  to  obey  the 
orders  of  any  physician,  health  officer,  policeman  or  other 
person  in  authority  at  any  quarantine  station  or  place  of 
quarantine  so  as  aforesaid  established;  nor  do  any  act  or 
thing  in  violation  of  or  in  disobedience  to  any  of  the  pro- 
visions, clauses  or  sections  of  this  Chapter;  nor  shall  commit 
any  breach  of  the  peace,  or  do  any  act  calculated  in  any  way 
to  defeat  or  interfere  with  the  provisions  or  requirements  of 
this  Chapter,  or  of  any  regulation  of  the  said  City  Physician 
or  officer  in  charge  of  said  quarantine. 

No  officer  of  any  steamboat  or  other  boat,  or  of  any  rail- 
road company,  or  any  other  person  whomsoever,  shall 
knowingly  bring  within  this  city  any  person  sick  or  diseased 
with  smallpox,  cholera,  yellow  fever,  ship  fever,  or  any  other 
contagious  or  infectious  disease,  or  any  articles  that  have 
been  exposed  to  the  contagion  of  any  such  disease,  except  by 
and  in  accordance  with  the  permit  and  direction  of  the  City 
Physician. 

§ 15.  City  Physician  to  Make  Rules  for  Government  of 
Quarantine.  The  said  City  Physician  shall  make  such  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  quarantine  or 
health  of  the  city  as  from  time  to  time  he  shall  deem  neces- 
sary; and  the  physicians  or  health  officers  in  charge  of  any 
quarantine  station  or  place  shall  have  power  to  make  and  en- 


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force  such  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper 
conducting  and  management  thereof ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  persons  in  quarantine,  and  all  agents,  officers,  policmen 
or  others  employed  by  the  city  in  and  about  said  quarantine 
stations  or  places,  to  carry  out  and  obey  the  same. 

§ 16.  Expense  of  Quarantine — How  Paid.  The  salaries 
of  the  City  Physician  and  any  health  officer,  and  the  expenses 
of  the  quarantine  contemplated  herein,  are  to  be  paid  out  of 
the  health  fund  of  the  city.  Provided,  that  when  practicable 
the  persons  taken  in  such  quarantine  or  stations  and  re- 
ceiving the  aid  and  care  afforded  thereby  shall  pay  a sum  of 
money  sufficient  to  meet  expenses,  labor  and  care  incurred  in 
their  behalf,  which  said  money  shall  be  faithfully  kept,  re- 
ported and  accounted  for  by  the  physician,  health  officer,  or 
other  person  in  charge  of  said  quarantine  or  station  to  the 
said  City  Physician.  The  expense  for  board,  necessary 
medical  attendance,  and  supplies  furnished  to  parties  in 
quarantine  and  unpaid  by  them  shall  not  be  paid  by  the 
city,  but  by  the  county;  and  no  city  officer  has  authority  to 
obligate  the  city  for  the  payment  of  the  same. 

§ 17.  City  Physician  to  Make  Weekly  Visits  to  Discover 
Evidence  of  Disease.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  City 
Physician  to  make  a circuit  of  observation  as  often  as  deemed 
advisable  by  himself,  and  whenever  requested  by  the  Mayor 
or  Chief  of  Police,  to  every  part  of  the  city  and  its  environs 
which  from  its  location  or  from  any  collateral  circumstances 
may  be  deemed  the  cause  of  disease;  and  in  all  cases  where 
he  may  discover  the  existence  of  any  agent  the  presence  of 
which  will  prove  dangerous  to  the  city,  and  there  is  no 
ordinance  competent  to  the  correction  of  the  evil,  he  shall 
immediately  report  the  same  to  the  Council,  accompanied 
with  his  opinion  of  the  necessity  of  extraordinary  or  particu- 
lar action. 

§ 18.  Police  to  Assist  the  City  Physician.  The  police 
force  of  the  city  shall  at  all  times  serve  notices  and  render 
all  such  assistance  to  said  City  Physician  in  the  discharge  of 


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his  duties  as  he  may  request.  In  case  the  requests  of  the 
City  Physician  cannot  be  complied  with  consistently  with 
the  orders  of  the  Mayor,  or  in  case  the  Chief  of  Police  shall 
deem  the  request  unreasonable,  he  shall  at  once  report  the 
case  to  the  Mayor  for  his  consideration.  The  police  force  of 
the  city  shall  report  to  the  City  Physician  all  nuisances 
which  they  may  detect,  and  shall  investigate  all  complaints 
of  nuisances  which  may  be  reported  to  them,  and  report  the 
same  to  the  City  Physician,  if  in  their  judgment  they  are 
nuisances. 

§ 19.  To  Provide  Books  and'  Blanks  for  Births  and 
Deaths.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  City  Physician  to  pro- 
vide the  necessary  books  for  the  keeping  of  a record  of  all 
his  transactions,  including  the  proper  registration  of  births 
and  deaths,  and  such  other  statistical  information  as  may  be 
necessary ; and  he  shall  also  keep  on  hand  all  necessary 
blanks  to  be  used  by  physicians  and  midwives,  and  furnish 
them  with  the  same  on  application. 

§ 20.  Make  Annual  Statement  to  the  City  Clerk  of  Ex- 
penditures, etc.  Said  City  Physician  shall  annually,  and 
before  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  make  and  file  with  the 
City  Clerk  a full  and  comprehensive  statement  of  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  his  office  during  the  year. 

§ 21.  City  Physician  to  Keep  Office  Hours.  The  City 
Physician  shall  fix  upon  a time,  not  less  than  one  hour  in  each 
day,  when  he  shall  be  present  at  his  office  for  the  purpose  of 
hearing  complaints  and  performing  such  official  duties  as 
may  be  required  of  him. 

The  City  Inspector  is  to  be  subordinate  to  and  under  the 
personal  direction  of  the  City  Physician,  and  his  said  duties 
as  such  subordinate  are  to  be  all  the  general  duties  and  offices 
that  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  City  Physician. 

§ 22.  Seal  of  Health  Department.  That  provision  is 
hereby  made  for  the  establishment  and  for  the  exclusive  use 
of  the  Department  of  Health  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island, 


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Illinois,  a seal  (the  impression  of  which  has  in  its  center  the 
true  ancestral  symbol  of  the  healing  art,  which  is  the  knotty 
rod  with  the  serpent  of  Aesculapius  entwined  about  it,  sur- 
rounded by  the  inscription,  “Department  of  Health,  City  of 
Rock  Island,  Illinois”). 

The  said  seal  shall  be  the  official  seal  of  the  Department 
of  Health  and  shall  remain  in  the  custody  and  keeping  of 
the'  City  Physician,  to  be  used  by  him  in  all  cases  provided 
for  where  its  use  may  be  requisite  and  proper. 

' § 23.  Violation — Penalty.  Any  person  who  shall  within 
the  jurisdictional  limits  of  this  city  violate,  disobey,  resist, 
neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions,  re- 
quirements or  regulations  in  this  Chapter  contained  shall, 
upon  conviction,  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  ($3) 
dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars  for  each 
offense,  excepting  as  herein  otherwise  provided. 


CHAPTER  25 

HEALTH  REGULATIONS 

Section  1.  Fumigation.  The  owner  or  keeper  of  any 
hotel,  boarding  house,  or  lodging  house,  and  the  owner,  agent 
of  the  owner,  and  the  lessee  of  any  tenement  house,  or  part 
thereof,  shall,  whenever  any  person  in  such  house  is  sick  of 
fever,  or  of  any  infectious  or  pestilential  or  contagious 
disease,  and  such  sickness  is  known  to  such  owner,  keeper, 
agent  or  lessee,  give  immediate  notice  thereof  to  the  City 
Physician,  and  thereupon  said  City  Physician  shall  cause  the  . 
same  to  be  inspected,  and  may,  if  found  necessary,  cause  the 
same  to  be  immediately  cleansed  or  disinfected  at  the  expense 
of  the  owner,'  in  such  manner  as  he  may  deem  necessary  and 
effectual ; and  he  may  also  cause  the  blankets,  bedding  and 
bed  clothes  used  by  such  sick  person  to  be  thoroughly 
cleansed,  scoured  and  fumigated,  or,  in  extreme  cases,  to  be 
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§ 2.  Unlawful  to  Let  Unfit  Buildings.  It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  lease,  let,  permit 
the  occupancy  of,  or  permit  the  continuation  of  the  occupancy 
of,  any  building  or  of  any  portion  thereof  used  for  human 
habitation,  unless  such  building  or  structure  or  portion  there- 
of be  free  from  unclean  and  unsanitary  conditions  as  defined 
in  the  subsequent  sections  of  this  ordinance,  and  unless  the 
provisions  of  said  subsequent  sections  are  complied  with. 

§ 3.  When  Building  Is  Deemed  Unsanitary.  Any 

structure  or  building  or  any  portion  thereof  used  for  human 
habitation  shall  be  deemed  to  be  in  an  unclean  and  unsanitary 
condition  by  reason  of  any  portion  of  such  building  being 
infected  with  a communicable  disease,  or  by  reason  of  the 
absence  therein  or  thereon  of  toilet  facilities  as  required  by 
law  or  ordinance,  or  by  reason  of  the  known  presence  of  sewer 
gas  therein  or  thereon.  Any  structure  or  building  or  any 
portion  thereof  used  for  human  habitation  shall  be  deemed 
to  be  in  an  unclean  and  unsanitary  condition  when  unfit  for 
human  habitation  or  in  a condition  dangerous  or  harmful  to 
the  lives  or  health  of  the  occupants  by  reason  of  the  inhabited 
portion  of  the  house  being  damp  or  wet,  or  by  reason  of  such 
lack  of  repair,  or  by  reason  of  such  accumulation  of  dirt,  filth, 
litter,  refuse  or  other  offensive  or  dangerous  substances  or 
liquids,  or  by  reason  of  such  defects  in  or  lack  of  repair  of 
or  improper  use  of  the  drainage,  plumbing  or  ventilation,  or 
by  reason  of  the  existence  on  the  premises  of  such  a nuisance 
or  other  condition  as  is  likely  to  cause  sickness  among  the 
occupants. 

§ 4.  Declared  a Nuisance.  Any  structure  or  building  or 
any  portion  thereof  used  for  human  habitation  which  is  in 
said  unclean  condition  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a public 
nuisance. 

§ 5.  Nuisance — Notice  to  Owner  to  Abate.  Whenever 
the  City  Physician  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  ascertains  from 
examination  or  reports  of  his  inspectors  or  otherwise  that  a 
public  nuisance  exists  as  defined  in  the  foregoing  Sections 
two  (2)  and  three  (3)  of  this  Chapter  in  or  upon  any  structure 


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or  building-  or  any  portion  thereof,  and  serves  notice  upon 
the  owner  of  such  house,  or  his  lessee  or  agent,  or  the  person 
in  possession,  charge,  or  control  thereof,  directing  him  to 
abate  such  nuisance  and  remove  the  unclean  or  unsanitary  con- 
ditions within  such  reasonable  time  as  may  be  fixed  by  said 
City  Physician  and  specified  in  said  notice,  it  shall  then  be 
the  duty  of  such  owner,  agent  or  person  to  abate  such  nuisance 
within  such  time. 

§ 6.  Notice  to  Vacate  Premises.  Whenever  such  abate- 
ment does  not  take  place  within  such  time,  or  whenever  in  the 
opinion  of  said  City  Physician,  such  abatement  is  impossible 
or  impracticable  without  an  immediate  vacation  of  the  house 
or  portion  thereof,  and  said  City  Physician  serves  notice  upon 
the  owner,  lessee,  agent  or  person  in  possession,  charge,  or 
control  thereof  to  vacate  or  cause  the  vacation  of  such  house 
or  portion  thereof  designated  in  the  notice,  then  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  such  owner,  lessee,  agent  or  person  to  vacate  or  cause 
the  vacation  of  such  house  or  portion  thereof  within  twenty 
(20)  days  from  date  of  the  service  of  such  notice,  or  within  a 
shorter  time  (not  less  than  twenty-four  hours  in  any  case),  as 
may  be  specified  in  said  notice. 

§ 7.  Tenant  or  Occupant  Must  Obey  Notice.  Whenever 
either  in  addition  to  or  without  the  service  of  said  notice  the 
said  City  Physician  is  of  the  opinion  that  such  nuisance  can  be 
abated  by  a tenant  or  other  occupant  of  such  house  or  portion 
thereof,  and  such  notices,  either  for  the  abatement  of  the  nui- 
sance or  vacation  of  the  premises  are  served  upon  such  tenant 
or  other  occupant,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  tenant  or 
other  occupant  to  comply  with  the  terms  of  such  notices  and 
to  abate  the  nuisance  or  vacate  the  premises  accordingly. 

§ 8.  Not  to  Occupy  Building  Until  Nuisance  Is  Fully 
Abated.  After  any  such  notice  or  order  of  vacation  it  shall 
be  unlawful  to  occupy  or  permit  the  occupancy  of  such 
premises  or  portion  thereof  until  such  nuisance  shall  have 
been  completely  abated  and  such  building  or  portion  thereof 
shall  have  been  rendered  clean  and  sanitary  in  accordance 
with  the  terms  of  said  notice  of  the  City ► Physician.  When 


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there  is  no  owner,  agent,  lessee  or  person  in  charge,  posses- 
sion or  control  who  is  a resident  or  can  be  served  in  the  City 
of  Rock  Island,  then  personal  service  may  be  had  by  regis- 
tered letter,  or  if  the  address  of  the  owner,  lessee,  or  person  in 
charge  or  control  be  unknown  or  service  has  not  been  secured 
by  registered  letter  after  effort  to  do  so,  notice  by  publication 
once  a week  for  two  consecutive  weeks  in  any  newspaper  of 
general  cirulation  in  Rock  Island  or  posting  or  attaching  to  or 
on  the  outside  of  said  structure  or  building  a copy  of  the 
notice  or  order  consecutively  for  two  weeks,  shall  have  the 
same  effect  as  service  within  said  city. 

§ 9.  Filth  in  Alley.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall 
throw,  place  or  deposit,  or  cause  to  be  thrown,  placed  or 
.deposited,  any  dung,  carrion,  dead  animal,  offal,  or  putrid  or 
unwholesome  substance,  or  the  contents  of  any  privy  upon 
the  margin,  or  banks,  or  into  the  waters  of  the  Mississippi 
river  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  or  upon  any  street,  alley 
or  public  grounds,  or  upon  an^  lot  within  the  limits  of  said 
city. 

§ 10.  Tannery.  That  no  person  shall  permit  or  have  any 
offensive  water  or  other  liquid  or  substance  on  his  premises 
or  grounds  to  the  prejudice  of  life  or  health,  whether  for  the 
use  in  any  trade  or  otherwise;  and  no  establishment  or  place 
of  business  for  tanning,  skinning  or  scouring,  or  for  dressing 
hides  or  leathers,  or  for  carrying  on  any  offensive  or  noisome 
trade  or  business,  shall  hereafter  be  opened,  started  or  estab- 
lished in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  without  a permit  from  the 
Council.  And  every  such  establishment  now  existing  shall 
be  kept  cleanly  or  wholesome,  and  be  so  conducted  in  every 
particular  as  not  to  be  offensive  or  prejudicial  to  life  or 
health. 

§ 11.  Streets  to  be  Kept  Clean.  That  no  swill,  brine, 
urine  of  animals  or  other  offensive  animal  substance,  nor 
any  stinking,  noxious  or  other  filthy  matter  of  any  kind 
shall  by  any  person  be  allowed  to  run  or  fall  from  out  of 
any  building,  vehicle  or  erection  into  or  upon  any  street  or 


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public  place,  or  be  taken  or  put  therein,  save  as  elsewhere 
provided. 

§ 12.  Contents  of  Privy.  That  no  person  shall  draw  off, 
or  allow  to  run  off*  into  any  ground,  street  or  place  of  said 
city  the  contents  (or  any  part  thereof)  of  any  vault,  privy, 
cistern,  cesspool,  or  sink;  nor  shall  any  owner,  tenant  or 
occupant  of  any  building  to  which  any  vault,  privy,  or  cess- 
pool shall  appertain  or  be  attached  permit  the  contents,  or 
any  part  thereof,  to  flow  therefrom,  or  to  rise  within  two 
feet  of  any  part  of  the  top,  or  said  contents  to  become  offen- 
sive; nor  shall  any  privy  or  other  erection  in  this  section 
mentioned  be  filled  with  or  covered  with  dirt  till  its  filthy 
contents  shall  be  emptied. 

§ 13.  No  Ashes — Privy.  That  no  person  shall  throw  into 
or  deposit  in  any  vault,  sink,  privy,  or  cesspool,  any  offal, 
ashes,  meat,  fish,  garbage  or  other  substance,  except  that  of 
which  any  such  place  is  the  appropriate  receptacle;  nor  shall 
any  slops  or  kitchen  waste  be  permitted  to  run  into  any 
privy  or  cesspool,  except  the  same  be  connected  with  the 
sewer. 

§ 14.  Unsanitary  Privy.  That  neither  the  contents  of 
any  such  tub,  or  of  any  receptacle,  cesspool,  privy,  vault, 
sink  or  water  closet,  cistern,  nor  anything  in  any  room, 
excavation,  vat,  building,  premises  or  place  shall  be  allowed 
to  become  a nuisance  so  as  to  be  dangerous  or  prejudicial 
to  health.  ^ 

§ 15.  Removal  of  Contents.  That  no  part  of  the  con- 
tents of  any  privy,  vault,  sink,  cesspool,  except  substances 
other  than  excrements  insoluble  in  water,  or  any  accumula- 
tion of  any  offensive  fluid,  liquid  or  semi-liquid  substance 
or  material  being  in  any  excavation,  cellar  or  place  within 
the  limits  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  shall  be  removed  there- 
from, nor  shall  the  same  be  transported  through  any  of  the 
streets  or  avenues  of  said  city,  unless  and  except  the  same 
shall  be  removed  and  transported  by  means  of  an  air-tight 
apparatus,  or  in  such  manner  as  shall  prevent  entirely  the 
escape  of  any  noxious  or  offensive  odors  therefrom. 


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§ 16.  Not  to  Become  Nuisance.  That  no  part  of  the 
contents  of  or  substances  from  any  sink,  privy,  or  cesspool, 
nor  any  manure,  ashes,  garbage,  offal,  rubbish,  dirt,  nor 
any  refuse  or  waste  or  thing  which,  by  its  decomposition, 
could  or  would  become  offensive  to  human  beings,  or  detri- 
mental to  health,  or  create  or  tend  to  create  a nuisance,  shall 
be  by  any  person  thrown,  deposited  or  placed  upon  any 
street  or  public  place,  nor  upon  any  vacant  lot  of  land,  or 
vacant  place  upon  the  face  of  any  land,  within  the  City  of 
Rock  Island,  whether  such  lot  be  enclosed  or  otherwise,  with- 
out the  written  permission  of  the  City  Physician;  nor  shall 
any  of  said  substances  be  allowed  by  any  person  to  run  or 
drop  from  the  premises  occupied  by  such  person  into  or  upon 
any  street  or  public  place,  nor  upon  any  vacant  lot  of  land,  or 
vacant  place  upon  the  surface  of  any  lot  of  land  in  said  city, 
nor  shall  the  same  be  thrown,  deposited  or  placed  by  any 
person,  nor  allowed  to  fall  or  run  from  the  premises  occupied 
by  such  person,  into  the  river,  save  through  the  proper  under- 
ground connections. 

§ 17.  Stables  to  be  Kept  Clean.  That  every  person  shall 
cause  every  stable  and  place  where  any  cows,  horses  or  other 
animals  may  be  to  be  kept  at  all  times  in  clean  and  whole- 
some condition,  and  shall  not  allow  any  animal  to  be  therein 
while  infected  with  any  disease,  contagious  or  pestilential, 
among  such  animals,  without  a permit  from  the  City  Phy- 
sician. 

§ 18.  No  Livery  Conveyance  to  be  Used  for  Contagious 
Diseases.  No  livery  stable  keeper  or  other  person  keeping 
or  letting  any  carriage  or  other  conveyance  for  hire  within 
said  city  shall  convey  or  permit  to  be  conveyed  in  any  such 
carriage  or  other  conveyance  any  person  having  or  supposed 
to  have  smallpox,  cholera  or  any  other  infectious  or  contagi- 
ous disease,  or  the  body  of  any  person  who  has  died  of  any 
such  disease.  ' 

§ 19.  Manure  Shipped  by  Rail.  That  no  pile  or  deposit 
of  manure,  offal  or  garbage,  nor  accumulation  of  any  offen- 
sive or  nauseous  substance,  shall  be  made  within  the  limits 


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of  said  city,  nor  shall  any  person  or  corporation  unload, 
discharge,  or  put  upon  or  along  the  line  of  any  railroad, 
street  or  highway,  or  public  place  within  said  city,  any 
manure,  offal,  garbage  or  other  offensive  or  nauseous  sub- 
stance; nor  shall  cars  or  flats  loaded  with  or  having  in  or 
upon  them  any  such  substance  or  substances  be  allowed  to 
remain  or  stand  on  or  along  any  railroad,  street  or  highway 
within  the  limits  of  said  city  within  fifty  (50)  yards  of  any 
inhabited  dwelling. 

§ 20.  Report  of  Contagious  Diseases.  That  it  shall  be 

the  duty  of  each  and  every  practicing  physician  in  the  city 
to  report  in  writing  to  the  City  Physician  the  death  of  any 
of  his  patients  who  shall  have  died  in  said  city  of  contagi- 
ous or  infectious  disease  within  twenty-four  hours  there- 
after, and  to  state  in  such  report  the  specific  name  and  type 
of  such  disease. 

§ 21.  Duty  to  Report.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and 
every  physician  or  other  person  to  report  to  the  City  Phy- 
sician immediately  after  he  has  discovered  the  same,  the 
name  and  place  of  residence  of  any  person  in  said  city  who 
is  suffering  from  tuberculosis,  smallpox,  cholera,  yellow 
fever,  scarlet  fever,  diphtheria,  membraneous  croup,  or  other 
contagious  disease,  also  typhoid  fever  and  cerebro-spinal 
fever. 

§ 22.  Exposure  to  Contagious  Diseases.  That  no  par- 
ent, master  or  custodian  of  any  child  or  minor  (having  the 
power  and  authority  to  prevent)  shall  permit  any  such  child 
or  minor  to  be  unnecessarily  exposed  or  to  needlessly  expose 
any  other  person  to  the  taking  or  to  the  infection  of  any  con- 
tagious disease. 

§ 23.  Vaccination.  That  no  principal  of  any  public  school, 
and  no  principal  or  teacher  of  any  private,  sectarian  or  other 
school,  shall  admit  to  any  such  school  any  child  or  minor 
who  shall  not  have  been  vaccinated  within  seven  years  next 
preceding  the  admission  or  application  for  admission  to  any 
such  school  of  such  child  or  minor;  or  shall  any  such  princi- 


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pal  or  teacher  retain  in  or  permit  to  attend  any  such  school 
any  such  child  or  minor  who  shall  not  have  been  vaccinated 
within  seven  years  next  preceding  the  taking  effect  of  this 
ordinance. 

§ 24.  Certificate.  The  evidence  of  such  vaccination  to 
be  presented  to  any  such  principal  or  teacher  as  is  mentioned 
in  the  preceding  section  shall  be  a certificate  signed  by  the 
City  Physician  or  any  physician  duly  licensed  by  the  state 
board  of  health. 

§ 25.  City  Physician  to  Visit  Schools.  The  City  Phy- 
sician is  hereby  empowered  to  visit  any  and  all  public  and 
private  schools  in  the  city  and  make  or  cause  to  be  made  an 
examination  of  the  children  and  minors  in  attendance  therem 
as  6ften  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  secure  compliance  with 
the  provisions  hereof. 

§ 26.  Birth  Record.  That  every  physician,  midwife  and 
other  person  who  may  assist  or  be  present  at  the  birth  of 
any  child  shall  make  a registry  of  every  such  birth,  and  the 
time  and  place,  ward  and  street  number  of  such  birth,  and 
the  sex  and  color  of  every  child  born,  and  the  names  and 
residence  of  each  of  the  parents  (so  far  as  the  foregoing 
facts  can  be  ascertained),  and  deliver  such  register,  or  copy 
thereof,  to  the  City  Physician  within  five  (5)  days  after  the 
birth  of  such  child. 

§ 27.  Garbage  Receptacle.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every 
owner,  tenant,  lessee  or  occupant  of  any  and  every  house, 
dwelling,  building  or  place  of  business  in  the  City  of  Rock 
Island,  within  the  district  where  garbage  is  collected,  to 
provide  or  cause  to  be  provided  and  to  keep  a separate 
water-tight  covered  metallic  vessel  for  garbage  and  offal, 
the  capacity  of  which  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5) 
gallons  nor  more  than  ten  (10)  gallons;  and  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful to  put  ashes  or  anything  but  refuse,  animal  or  vege- 
table matter  in  such  vessel  used  for  garbage  and  off'al,  and  all 
such  garbage  shall  be  drained  and  wrapped  in  paper,  and  no 
person  or  persons  shall  place  in  said  vessel  any  ashes,  dirt  or 


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other  substances  except  as  herein  provided.  All  empty  tin 
cans  must  be  kept  in  a covered  receptacle. 

§ 28.  Stable  Manure  Receptacle.  It  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  deposit  stable  manure 
in  any  street,  alley  or  private  premises,  unless  deposited  in 
suitable  receptacles.  The  receptacles  must  be  of  suitable 
material,  tightly  constructed  and  of  sufiicient  size,  with  a 
hinged  lid  which  shall  have  a slope  of  not  less  than  ten  (10) 
degrees  pitch.  The  receptacle  must  be  emptied  at  least  once 
every  week. 

§ 29.  Sale  of  Carbolic  Acid.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  druggist  or  other  person  to  sell  or  dispense  at  retail 
carbolic  acid  in  any  strength  higher  than  five  (5%)  per  cent 
solution  except  upon  the  prescription  of  a duly  registered 
practicing  physician,  licensed  veterinarian  or  licensed 
dentist. 

§ 30.  Free  Distribution  of  Drugs.  It  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  distribute  or  cause  to 
be  distributed  from  house  to  house  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
any  free  samples  of  drugs. 

§ 31.  Foodstuffs  to  be  Protected.  That  no  fruit,  salted 
peanuts,  cracked  nuts  of  any  kind,  candy  of  any  description, 
or  any  other  article  or  foodstuff  which  may  be  used  for 
human  food  without  cooking  shall  be  kept  or  exposed  for 
sale  on  any  street,  or  public  place,  or  outside  of  any  shop  or 
store,  or  in  the  open  window  or  doorways  thereof,  unless 
they  be  kept  covered  so  that  they  shall  be  protected  from 
dust,  dirt  and  flies. 

§ 32.  Foodstuffs  to  be  Kept  Two  Feet  Above  Sidewalk. 
That  no  article  intended  to  be  used  as  food  shall  be  exposed 
or  displayed  in  any  street  or  way  or  in  front  of  any  place 
of  business  unless  the  bottom  of  the  box  or  other  receptacle 
containing  such  articles  is  raised  at  least  twenty-four  (24) 
inches  above  the  sidewalk,  platform  or  landing  upon  which 
such  receptacle  rests. 


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§ 33.  Unwholesome  Meats,  Provisions,  Food  or  Drink. 

No  person  shall  bring,  keep  on  hand,  sell,  or  expose  for  sale 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  any  emaciated,  decayed,  tainted 
or  unwholesome  meat,  fish,  fowls,  vegetables,  fruit,  butter  or 
provisions  of  any  kind,  or  any  impure  or  adulterated  milk, 
liquor,  or  other  article  of  food  or  drink  for  human  beings. 

§ 34.  Bringing  or  Keeping  in  City  Animals  Having  Con- 
tagious Disease.  No  person  shall  knowingly  bring,  keep 
or  retain  within  the  limits  of  this  city  any  horse,  colt,  ass, 
mule  or  any  other  animal  having  glanders,  farcy,  or  any  dis- 
ease that  is  contagious  among  such  animals. 

§ 35.  Expectorating  on  Sidewalk.  No  person  shall 
expectorate  upon  any  of  the  sidewalks  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  this  city.  Each  separate  violation  of  this  section 
shall  subject  the  offender  to  punishment  therefor  as  herein- 
after provided. 

§ 36.  Penalty.  Any  person  who  shall  within  the  juris- 
dictional limits  of  this  city  violate,  disobey,  resist,  neglect  or 
refuse  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions,  requirements  or 
regulations  in  this  Chapter  contained,  shall,  upon  conviction, 
be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars  for  each  offense,  ex- 
cepting as  herein  otherwise  provided. 


Ice  Cream 


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CHAPTER  26 

ICE  CREAM 

Section  1.  Percentage  of  Butter  Fat.  That  no  ice  cream 
shall  be  sold,  offered  for  sale,  exchanged,  delivered  or  be 
transported  or  carried  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  exchange  or 
delivery  that  is  adulterated  and  that  contains  less  than  ten 
(10%)  per  cent  of  butter  fat  for  natural  flavors  and  eight 
(8%)  per  cent  for  fruit  and  nut  ice  cream. 

§ 2.  Adulteration.  Ice  cream  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
adulterated  within  the  meaning  of  this  act — 

Eirst.  If  it  shall  contain  any  eggs,  corn  flour,  starch, 
gelatine,  mucilaginous  bodies,  glucose  or  thickening  of  any 
kind.  If  it  shall  contain  boric  acid,  formaldahyde,  saccha- 
rine, salts  of  copper,  iron  oxide,  ochres  or  any  coloring  sub- 
stance or  any  compound  or  adulterant.  Provided,  that  this 
paragraph  shall  not  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  use  of 
harmless  coloring  matter  or  any  flavoring  matter  not  dele- 
terious to  health. 

Second.  If  it  be  an  imitation  of  or  offered  for  sale  under 
the  name  of  another  article. 

§ 3.  False  Labeling.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any 

person,  firm  or  corporation  to  sell,  offer  for  sale,  expose  for 
sale  or  have  in  possession  with  intent  to  sell  any  ice  cream 
in  any  container  which  is  falsely  labeled  or  branded  as  to 
the  name  of  the  manufacturer  thereof ; or  to  misrepresent  in 
any  way  the  place  of  manufacturing  of  ice  cream  or  the  manu- 
facturer thereof. 

§ 4.  Testing  of  Ice  Cream.  The  requirements  for  the 
testing,  inspecting  and  application  for  the  vending  of  ice 
cream  shall  be  the  same  as  for  testing,  inspecting  and  vend- 
ing of  milk  or  cream,  and  the  same  provisions  shall  apply. 

§ 5.  License  Fee.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation 
selling  or  disposing  of  ice  cream  shall  annually,  on  the  first 
day  of  May,  pay  a license  fee  of  fifteen  ($15)  dollars  for 


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each  and  every  wagon,  carriage  or  other  vehicle  from  which 
ice  cream  is  sold  or  offered  for  sale.  All  licenses  granted 
pursuant  to  this  ordinance  may  at  any  time  be  revoked  by  the 
Mayor  or  Council  for  flagrant  violations  of  the  provisions 
hereof  and  for  any  other  good  and  sufficient  cause. 

§ 6.  Penalty.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  violat- 
ing this  ordinance  or  any  of  its  provisions  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be 
fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred ($100)  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 


CHAPTER  27 

INSURANCE  TAX 

Section  1.  Tax  of  Two  Per  Cent.  All  corporations,  com- 
panies and  associations  not  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
this  state  and  which  are  engaged  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
in  effecting  fire  insurance  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the 
City  of  Rock  Island,  for  the  maintenance,  use  and  benefit  of 
the  fire  department  thereof,  a tax  or  license  fee  amounting 
to  two  (2%)  per  cent  of  the  gross  receipts  received  by  their 
agency  in  the  City- of  Rock  Island;  and  at  that  rate  such  cor- 
porations, companies  and  associations  shall  pay  upon  the 
amount  of  all  premiums  which,  during  the  year  ending  on 
every  first  day  of  July,  shall  have  been  received  for  any  insur- 
ance effected  or  agreed  to  be  effected  in  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  by  or  with  such  corporations,  companies  or  associa- 
tions, respectively,  in  accordance  with  an  act  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled,  “An  Act  to  enable 
Cities,  Towns  and  Villages  organized  under  any  general  or 
special  law  to  levy  and  collect  a tax  or  license  fee  from  for- 
eign fire  insurance  companies  for  the  benefit  of  organized 
fire  departments.” 


Levee — Landing  of  Boats,  etc. 


141, 


CHAPTER  28 

LEVEE— LANDING  OF  BOATS,  ETC. 

Section  1.  No  Boat  to  Land  Without  Permission  from 
Chief  of  Police — Penalty.  No  vessel,  boat  or  craft  of  any 
kind  whatever,  excepting  steamboats,  and  excepting  also  as 
otherwise  provided  by  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Rock 
Island,  shall  land  at  or  occupy  any  part  of  the  levee,  to-wit: 
The  south  bank  of  the  Mississippi  river  along  First  avenue, 
and  the  east  bank  extending  south  from  Fifth  street,  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  said  City  of  Rock  Island,  without  per- 
mission first  obtained  from  the  Chief  of  Police  of  said  city, 
and  should  any  such  vessel,  boat  or  craft,  except  as  herein 
above  provided,  so  land  at  or  occupy  said  river  bank,  the 
owner  or  person  in  charge  thereof  shall  immediately,  on 
verbal  notice  so  to  do  by  the  said  Chief  of  Police,  remove  the 
same,  and  on  failure  so  to  do  every  such  owner  or  person, 
shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  ten  ($10)  dollars, 
and  in  the  further  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  for  each 
and  every  day  he  shall  suffer  the  same  to  remain  at  or  occupy 
any  part  of  said  levee  after  said  conviction. 

It  is  further  provided  that  every  sand  or  stone  boat, 
wharfboat,  barge  or  raft  that  shall  be  landed  on  any  part  of 
said  levee  between  the  west  line  of  East  Seventeenth  street, 
extended,  and  the  east  line  of  Twentieth  street,  extended, 
for  the  purpose  of  unloading  freight  or  materials  shall  pay 
to  the  City  Clerk  for  a license  to  so  land  the  following  rates: 
For  a license  for  one  year,  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars;  for 
one  month,  twenty-five -($25)  dollars;  and  for  one  day,  three 
($3)  dollars. 

The  city  expressly  teserves  the  right  to  designate,  even 
as  to  any  licensed  boat,  barge  or  craft,  where  it  may  be 
landed  and  unloaded. 

§ 2.  * Chief  of  Police  to  Remove.  If  any  such  boat,  vessel 
or  craft  shall  land  at  or  occupy  any  part  of  said  levee  con- 
trary to  the  provisions  of  Section  1 of  this  Chapter,  it  shall 


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be  the  duty  of  the  said  Chief  of  Police  to  proceed  at  once 
and  remove  the  same  to  such  place  as  he  shall  deem  advis- 
able, at  the  expense  of  the  owner. 

« 

§ 3.  Boats  to  be  Retained  Until  Fine  is  Paid — Sale  of 
Same.  All  such  boats,  vessels  or  crafts  shall  be  retained  in 
the  custody  of  the  Chief  of  Police  until  all  fines,  forfeitures, 
and  charges  mentioned  in  the  preceding  sections  of  this 
Chapter  shall  be  paid  by  the  owner  or  person  having  charge 
of  the  same,  and  if  said  fines,  forfeitures  and  charges  are 
not  paid  within  twenty-four  (24)  hours  the  Chief  of  Police 
shall  sell  every  such  boat,  vessel  or  craft  at  public  auction  to 
the  highest  bidder  for  cash,  first  having  given  at  least  ten 
(10)  days  previous  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of^  said  sale 
by  posting  up  notices  of  the  same  in  three  of  the  most  public 
places  in  said  city. 

§ 4.  Lien  for  Fine  Created.  For  all  proper  charges, 
fines  and  forfeitures  and  costs  and  expenses  incurred  by  the 
Chief  of  Police  in  removing  and  taking  care  of  any  boat,  ves- 
sel or  craft  or  other  property  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance, 
a lien  is  hereby  created  against  any  such  boat,  vessel  or  craft 
or  other  property,  and  no  alienation  or  transfer  of  the  same 
shall  affect  the  said  lien. 


Library 


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CHAPTER  29 

LIBRARY 

Section  1.  Establishment  of  Public  Library  Confirmed, 
and  to  be  Maintained — Name.  That  the  establishment  of  the 
public  library  and  reading  room  in  this  city,  and  the  accept- 
ance by  the  city  of  the  donation  of  the  books,  pamphlets, 
papers,  fixtures  and  other  property  of  the  Young  Men’s 
Library  Association  upon  the  conditions  of  such  donation, 
as  set  forth  in  the  ordinance  of  said  city  passed  August  12, 
1872,  be  and  they  are  hereby  approved  and  confirmed  ; and 
the  said  public  library  and  reading  room  shall  henceforth 
be  kept  up  and  maintained  as  such  for  the  use  of  the  in- 
habitants of  said  city,  and  shall  be  called  the  “Rock  Island 
Public  Library  and  Reading  Room.” 

§ 2.  Penalty  for  Injury  to  or  Failure  to  Return  Property 

of.  Any  person  who  shall  carelessly,  wilfully  or  maliciously 
cut,  tear,  write  upon,  deface,  injure  or  destroy  any  book, 
pamphlet,  periodical,  newspaper,  plate,  picture,  engraving, 
or  any  other  property  or  thing  of  value  belonging  to  or  un- 
der the  control  of  the  “Rock  Island  Public  Library  and  Read- 
ying Room,”  or  who  shall  fail  to  return  thereto  any  book, 
pamphlet,  periodical,  newspaper,  plate,  picture,  engraving, 
or  any  other  thing  of  value  belonging  to  or  under  the  con- 
trol of  the  said  library  and  reading  room,  according  to  the 
requirements  of  the  by-laws  and  rules  thereof,  or  after  notice 
so  to  do,  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  one  ($1) 
dollar  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars.  All  such 
fines  shall,  when  collected,  be  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  and 
by  him  credited  to  the  library  fund. 

§ 3.  Chief  of  Police  to  Make  Search  and  Return  of  Books. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  upon  notice  and 
request  of  the  librarian  of  said  library,  to  make  diligent  in- 
quiry and  search  for,  and,  if  found,  return  to  said  library 
any  and  all  books,  pamphlets,  papers,  pictures,  and  other 
things  of  value  which  may  at  any  time  have  been  taken  or 
detained  from  said  library. 


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§ 4.  Infected  Books.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Physician,  upon  learning  of  the  existence  of  contagious  or 
infectious  disease  in  any  family,  to  at  once  notify  the  librarian 
of  the  library  board  of  such  fact,  and  also  to  ascertain  if  any 
library  book  is  in  such  family’s  possession,  and  if  so  notify 
such  librarian  of  such  fact;  whereupon  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  librarian  to  withdraw  all  such  books  from  circulation  and 
destroy  the  same. 

[Historical  Note.]  A resolution  of  the  board  of  di- 
rectors of  the  public  library  was  presented  to  the  City  Coun- 
cil and  adopted  at  a meeting  of  the  Council  held  April  9, 
1900.  The  said  resolution,  after  reciting  the  estimate  of  the 
cost  of  construction  and  the  proposed  tax  levy  to  cover  the 
same,  proceeded  as  follows  : 

Therefore  be  it  resolved  by  the  City  Council  of  Rock 
Island — 

That  this  City  Council  hereby  fully  approves  the  said  pur- 
pose, plans  and  scheme  and  the  action  of  the  board  of  direc- 
tors of  the  public  library  of  this  city  as  heretofore  reported 
to  this  Council  for  the  construction  of  a new  public  library 
building  in  said  city  in  all  respects;  and  it  hereby  authorizes 
and  directs  the  said  board  of  directors  to  take  such  action  as 
may  be  proper  and  necessary  for  the  safe  and  proper  erection 
of  a library  building  upon  said  lots  as  soon  as  practicable, 
and  that  the  money  necessary  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  shall 
be  raised  by  taxation  upon  the  property  of  said  city  as  pro- 
vided by  law  for  said  period  of  seven  (7)  years. 


Licenses 


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CHAPTER  30 

LICENSES 

Section  1.  Licensies  Subject  to  all  Ordinances — Revoca- 
tion. All  licenses  which  may  at  any  time  be  issued  under 
any  ordinance  of  said  city  shall  be  subject  to  all  ordinances 
and  regulations  of  the  city  which  may  be  in  force  during  the 
period  of  such  license,  or  any  portion  of  such  period,  and 
shall  also  be  subject  to  all  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  and 
conditioned  upon  their  faithful  observance,  and  a violation  of 
any  of  the  provisions  of  said  ordinances  or  laws  by  any 
licensed  person  shall,  in  addition  to  the  penalties  which  may 
be  provided  for  such  violation,  subject  him  to  a revocation  of 
his  license.  ^ 

§ 2.  How  Issued — Terms.  All  licenses  which  may  be 
issued  under  any  ordinance  of  said  city,  unless  such  ordi- 
nance shall  otherwise  provide,  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor 
and  City  Clerk,  or  by  the  Clerk  with  the  approval  of  the 
Mayor,  and  under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  city ; shall  specify 
the  kind  of  license  and  the  location  of  the  building  or 
premises  to  be  occupied,  shall  bear  the  date  on  the  day  it  is 
issued,  and  unless  sooner  revoked  or  terminated,  shall  expire 
on  the  first  day  of  May  next  thereafter. 

§ 3.  How  Transferred — Use  Thereof  Restricted.  No 

such  license  shall  be  transferable  without  the  permission  of 
the  Mayor  or  Council,  nor  shall  any  such  license  be  used 
except  by  the  person,  at  the  place,  and  for  the  purpose  des- 
ignated therein;  and  no  person  shall  be  deemed  licensed 
until  a license  has  been  actually  issued  to  him.  If  a certain 
floor  of  a building  is  designated  in  the  license,  it  is  valid  only 
for  the  certain  floor  of  the  building  designated,  and  no  in- 
toxicating liquors  shall  be  sold,  delivered,  drank  or  con- 
sumed in  or  upon  any  adjacent  room,  building,  yard,  premises 
or  place  of  public  resort  not  designated  in  the  license. 

§ 4.  Assignment  — Surrender  — New  License  — Bond. 

Any  person  to  whom  a license  may  have  been  issued  under 


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any  ordinance  of  this  city  may,  with  the  permission  of  the 
Council,  have  the  same  transferred  or  surrender  such  license 
and  have  the  same  cancelled  and  have  a like  license  issued 
for  the  unexpired  term  of  the  one  so  surrendered  to  the  per- 
son or  place  of  business  to  which  he  may  wish  to  transfer  the 
same  upon  licensee  named  in  such  new  license  giving  bond 
* (if  bond  is  required  in  such  case)  and  complying  with  the 
ordinances  and  laws  under  which  the  license  is  issued. 

§ 5.  License  May  be  Revoked  by  Mayor  or  Council. 

Any  license  granted  under  the  provisions  of  any  ordinance  of 
said  city  may  be  revoked  at  any  time,  upon  written  notice  by 
the  Mayor  or  Council,  when  it  shall  appear  to  his  or  their 
satisfaction  that  the  licensed  party  has  violated  or  failed  to 
comply  with  any  provision  of  any  ordinance  of  said  city  or 
the  laws  of  the  state  applicable  to  the  person,  business, 
occupation  or  place  so  licensed. 

§ 6.  Register  of  Licenses  to  be  Kept.  The  City  Clerk 
shall  keep  a record  of  all  licenses  issued;  the  date,  term,  and 
kind  of  license,  the  amount  paid  therefor  and  the  name  and 
place  of  business  of  the  licensee. 


Maps,  Plats,  etc. 


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CHAPTER  3 1 

MAPS,  PLATS,  ETC. 

Section  1.  Maps,  Plats,  etc.,  to  be  Approved  by  the  Coun- 
cil. Every  map,  plat  or  subdivision  of  any  block,  lot,  sub- 
lot or  part  thereof,  or  of  any  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  shall  be 
submitted  to  the  Council  for  its  approval  before  the  same 
shall  be  or  become  of  any  force  or  effect,  and  no  such  map, 
plat  or  subdivision  shall  be  valid  in  any  degree  whatever 
until  it  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  Council. 

§ 2.  Grading  of  Streets — Laying  of  Sidewalks — Dupli- 
cate to  be  Furnished.  No  such  map,  plat  or  subdivision  shall 
be  approved  by  the  Council  unless  the  owner  or  owners  of 
the  land  so  platted  shall  first  have  brought  the  strips  of 
ground  intended  for  streets  to  a proper  and  uniform  grade 
to  be  established  by  said  Council,  and  shall  have  laid  along 
said  streets  sidewalks  of  such  material  and  width  as  the 
ordinances  of  said  City  of  Rock  Island  provide  or  the  Coun- 
cil may  require.  Every  such  map,  plat,  etc.,  shall  be  sub- 
mitted in  duplicate,  one  copy  to  remain  in  the  City  Clerk’s 
office,  and  the  amount  necessary  to  record  the  same  according 
to  law  shall  be  deposited  with  the  City  Clerk. 

§ 3.  Indorsement  Thereon.  In  case  of  approval  by  said 
Council  of  any  such  map,  plat  or  subdivision,  the  indorse- 
ment thereon  that  such  map  or  plat  has  been  approved,  signed 
by  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk,  shall  be  sufficient  evidence  of 
its  approval  and  of  its  right  to  be  recorded. 


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CHAPTER  32 

MILK  INSPECTION 

Section  1.  Milk  and  Food  Division  Established.  There 
is  hereby  established  a division  of  the  department  of  health 
of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  to  be  known  and  designated  as  the 
“Milk  and  Food  Division,”  which  shall  embrace  the  City 
Physician  and  such  other  inspectors  and  employes  as  the 
Council  may  by  ordinance  prescribe  and  establish. 

§ 2.  Officers*  Defaults.  Any  officer  or  employe  of  the 
health  department  who  wilfully  connives  at  or  assists  in 
the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall, 
on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  one  hundred 
($100)  dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars, 
and  at  once  forfeit  his  office. 

§ 3.  Insignia  of  Office — Powers.  The  City  Physician 
and  the  inspectors  shall  each,  when  on  duty,  wear  a metallic 
star,  inscribed  with  suitable  words,  which  shall  be  supplied 
by  and  be  the  property  of  the  city.  They  shall  each  have  the 
power,  on  demand  made  therefor,  to  require  aid,  assistance  or 
presence  of  any  police  officer  in  the  performance  of  any  duty 
enjoined  by  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  to  arrest  all 
persons  found  violating  any  of  the  terms  or  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  and  shall  have  full  powers  as  are  now  provided 
by  the  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  city. 

§ 4.  Milk  Vendors  License — License  Fees.  No  person 
or  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  or  driver  of  any  milk  wagon 
thereof,  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  expose  for  sale,  dispose  of, 
exchange  or  deliver  or,  with  the  intent  so  to  do  as  aforesaid, 
have  in  his  or  their  possession,  care  or  custody  or  control, 
milk  or  cream  for  human  food,  without  first  having  been 
licensed  so  to  do.  Every  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion selling  or  disposing  of  milk  or  cream  at  retail  shall 
annually,  on  the  first  day  of  May,  pay  license  fees  as  follows: 
Every  milk  or  cream  vendor  selling,  offering  for  sale,  expos- 
ing for  sale,  exchange  or  delivery,  or  disposing  of  the  same 


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in  or  from  any  store,  stand,  booth,  market  place,  milk  depot, 
warehouse,  dairy,  cow  stable  or  any  building  or  establishment 
of  any  kind,  or  in  or  from  any  wagon,  carriage  or  other 
vehicle,  shall  pay  the  sum  of  five  ($5)  dollars,  provided  the 
above  fee  shall  not  apply  to  grocers  and  meat  dealers  who 
receive  or  are  supplied  from  dairymen  who  have  already 
paid  the  license  fee.  Persons  who  do  not  own  more  than  two 
cows  and  who  sell  milk  therefrom  to  their  neighbors  or  cus- 
tomers by  peddling  the  same  by  hand  shall  be  subject  to 
inspection  and  all  the  regulations  of  this  ordinance,  but  shall 
be  compelled  to  pay  a fee  of  but  one  ($1)  dollar  per  year  for 
registration.  When  more  than  one  wagon,  carriage  or  vehicle 
is  used  from  which  milk  or  cream  is  sold  or  offered  for  sale, 
there  shall  be  paid  at  the  same  time  and  in  like  manner  as 
hereinbefore  provided  for  each  such  additional  wagon,  car- 
riage or  other  vehicle  the  sum  of  five  ($5)  dollars.  All 
licenses  granted  pursuant  to  this  ordinance  shall  be  issued 
by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety,  and  he 
shall  have  the  right  and  authority  to  suspend  at  any  time  such 
licenses  for  flagrant  violation  of  the  provisions  hereof,  and 
for  any  other  good  and  sufficient  cause.  In  case  the  person 
whose  license  is  suspended  desires  to  appeal  to  the  Council, 
he  shall  have  that  privilege.  The  Council  shall  have  the  right 
to  revoke  such  license  or  renew  the  license  to  the  person 
aggrieved. 

§ 5.  License — Application  and  Issue  of.  License  shall 
be  issued  in  the  name  of  the  applicant  therefor.  Before  the 
issuance  of  the  license  every  vendor  of  milk  or  cream  shall 
make  written  application  therefor  on  a printed  form  provided 
for  that  purpose,  on  which  shall  be  stated : 

First.  The  name,  residence  and  location  of  the  business 
place  or  places  of  the  applicant. 

Second.  The  number  of  cows,  if  any,  owned  or  controlled 
by  the  applicant. 

Third.  The  number  and  description  of  each  and  every 
wagon,  carriage  or  other  vehicle  used  by  the  applicant  in  the 
milk  or  cream  business. 


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Fourth.  If,  after  the  issuance  and  delivery  of  the 
license  any  change  be  made  in  the  location  of  the  place  of 
business  of  such  licensee,  notice  thereof  must  forthwith  be 
given  to  the  City  Clerk.  Any  and  all  persons  licensed  under 
this  article  shall  immediately  cause  to  be  and  remain  posted 
his  or  their  license  upon  some  conspicuous  part  of  the  room  or 
office  in  which  the, business  is  carried  on,  under  a penalty  of 
not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  for  each  day  said  license  re- 
mains unposted  as  provided  in  this  section. 

§ 6.  Vehicles,  Premises,  etc. — Cleanliness.  All  utensils, 
mechanical  milkers  or  other  devices  used  in  the  production  or 
handling  of  milk  or  cream  must  be  properly  cleaned  and 
sterilized  each  time  before  using,  and  shall  be  so  constructed 
that  all  parts  are  absolutely  free  from  places  where  milk 
can  accumulate  or  soak  in  so  that  it  cannot  be  removed  by 
simple  washing,  and  the  surface  coming  in  contact  with  the 
milk  or  cream  must  be  smooth  and  free  from  rust,  and  all 
refrigerators  or  stores  or  other  places  where  milk  or  cream  is 
kept,  stored  or  handled  shall  be  kept  in  a scrupulously  neat 
and  clean  condition  and  free  from  the  presence  or  vicinity  of 
any  article  likely  to  injuriously  affect  the  quality  or  sweetness 
of  milk  or  cream,  and  no  person  or  corporation  shall  use  any 
can,  bottle  or  other  receptacle  in  which  milk  or  cream  has  been 
delivered  to  such  person  or  corporation  for  the  purpose  of 
handling  or  storing  any  other  article,  and  persons  having  in 
their  possession  bottles,  cans  or  other  receptacles  used  for  the 
transportation  or  delivery  of  milk  or  cream  shall  cleanse  or 
cause  to  be  cleansed  all  such  milk  vessels  immediately  after 
emptying;  but  such  vessels  shall  be  sterilized  by  dairymen  or 
dealer  before  being  filled  again. 

All  persons  living  upon  premises  where  such  milk  is  pro- 
duced, or  employed  thereon,  or  engaged  or  employed  in  the 
handling  of  milk  that  is  brought  into  the  City  of  Rock  Island, 
or  sold  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  for  human  food,  shall  be 
free  from  contagious  or  infectious  diseases  and  resident  or 
domiciled  in  places  free  from  such  diseases  and  shall  not  be 
exposed  to  or  come  in  contact  with  a person  suffering  with 


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or  having  a contagious  disease;  provided  that  no  person  shall 
be  employed  or  permitted  to  work  on  such  farm  or  to  handle 
any  such  milk  unless  and  until  it  shall  have  been  demon- 
strated to  the  satisfaction  of  the  City  Physician  of  the  City 
of  Rock  Island  that  such  person  is  not  a typhoid  or  diphtheria 
carrier. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person,  firm  or  corporation 
producing  milk  or  handling  milk  to  notify  the  City  Physician 
at  once,  by  mail,  of  the  occurrence  of  any  sickness  of  any 
person  or  persons  living  or  employed  on  their  farms  where 
such  milk  is  produced  or  employed  by  them  in  the  handling* 
of  5uch  milk.  Milk,  cream,  skimmed  milk  or  buttermilk  pro- 
duced on  any  farm  or  bottled  or  handled  where  a case  of  con- 
tagious or  infectious  disease  has  occurred  or  is  suspected  to 
have  occurred  shall  not  be  shipped  into  or  delivered  or  sold 
or  offered  for  sale  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  or  to  any 
creamery  or  bottling  plant  supplying  the  City  of  Rock  Island, 
until  the  City  Physician  shall  be  notified  and  shall  have  made 
an  investigation  and  released  such  milk,  cream,  skimmed 
milk  or  buttermilk  for  delivery  in  the  City  of  Rock  Islamf. 

All  cans,  vessels  and  receptacles  used  in  the  handling  of 
milk  and  cream,  as  well  as  all  packages,  refrigerators,  restau- 
rants, hotels,  compartments  or  stores  or  other  places  where 
milk  and  cream  are  kept,  stored  or  handled  shall  be  kept  and 
maintained  scrupulously  neat  and  clean,  and  shall  be  kept  free 
from  the  presence  or  vicinity  of  any  article  of  any  kind  likely 
to  contaminate  or  injuriously  affect  the  quality  or  sweetness 
of  the  milk  or  cream.  All  cans,  bottles,  vessels  and  recep- 
tacles in  which  milk  or  cream  is  kept  shall  be  sterilized  with 
boiling  water  or  live  steam  each  time  they  are  used,  and  all 
pouring  cans,  dippers  or  other  vessels  used  in  handling  or 
peddling  milk  or  cream  shall  be  scalded  or  sterilized  daily, 
and  all  bottles  in  which  milk  is  distributed  shall  be  washed 
clean  and  sterilized  each  time  they  are  used.  No  person  or 
persons  shall  bring  to  or  deliver  milk  in  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  for  the  purpose  of  retailing  the  same  to  customers  in 
the  City  of  Rock  Island  in  any  open  or  uncovered  wagon. 


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cart  or  conveyance  of  any  kind,  and  all  milk  hereafter  brought 
to  the  City  of  Rock  Island  to  be  retailed  to  consumers,  or  for 
that  purpose  to  be  delivered  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  shall 
be  brought  to  said  city  and  delivered  in  carts  and  wagons  or 
cars  so  constructed  that  the  covering  hereinbefore  provided 
shall  not  come  in  contact  with  the  cans,  bottles  or  other  ves- 
sels containing  milk,  and  shall  protect  such  milk  and  the  cans, 
bottles  or  o'ther  vessels  containing  the  same  from  the  sun  and 
the  rain,  and  so  far  as  practicable,  from  the  dust  and  all  im- 
purities of  the  air. 

No  milk  shall  be  sold  by  any  dairyman  from  a milk  wagon 
unless  it  shall  be  contained  in  glass  bottles  which  have 
stamped  thereon  the  name  of  the  owner  thereof.  Milk  sold  in 
large  quantities  and  by  wholesale  may  be  delivered  in  suitable 
cans. 

It  shall  ])e  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
to  sell  milk  in  bottles  which  have  not  stamped  thereon  the 
name  of  the  owner. 

§ 7.  Vehicle — Sign.  No  milk  or  cream  shall  be  sold, 
ofifered  for  sale,  exposed  for  sale,  exchanged,  delivered,  trans- 
ported, conveyed  or  carried  on  any  wagon,  carriage  or  other 
vehicle  unless  the  owner  or  owners  thereof  shall  first  obtain 
from  the  City  Clerk  two  metal  plates  on  which  shall  be 
stamped  the  number  corresponding  to  the  license,  together 
with  the  year  for  which  the  license  is  issued,  which  plates  the 
said  licensed  owners  or  owner  shall  cause  to  be  securely  fas- 
tened on  the  outside  of  each  side  of  the  box  of  his  vehicle  so 
licensed,  or  in  a conspicuous  place  so  that  the  same  can  be 
easily  seen. 

§ 8.  Inspection — Resisting.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  City  Physician  (either  in  person  or  by  one  or  more  of 
the  said  inspectors)  to  visit,  view  and  inspect  dairies  and 
farms  from  which  milk  and  cream  are  sold  to  be  used  in  the 
City  of  Rock  Island,  and  all  places  and  vehicles  in  which 
milk  and  cream  may  be  sold  or  ofifered  for  sale,  exposed  for 
sale,  stored,  kept,  exchanged,  delivered  or  disposed  of,  as  well 


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as  to  inspect,  view  and  examine  all  vessels,  cans,  receptacles, 
packages,  refrigerators,  or  compartments  of  store  places  or 
buildings,  erections  or  establishments  of  any  kind  containing 
milk  and  cream,  and  ascertain  or  examine  the  condition 
thereof  with  reference  to  cleanliness  and  sanitation,  and  are 
authorized,  directed  and  empowered  to  cause  the  removal  and 
abatement  of  any  unfit,  unclean  or  injurious  condition  attend- 
ing the  keeping,  storing  or  possession,  care,  custody  or  con- 
trol of  milk  or  cream  at  any  and  all  places.  Any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  failing,  neglecting,  delaying  or  refusing  to 
obey  or  conform  to  any  reasonable  order  or  direction  under 
this  section  made  by  the  proper  officer  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a misdemeanor,  and  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars, 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars. 

§ 9.  Powers  of  Entry.  The  City  Physician,  inspector 
and  police  officer  detailed,  directed  or  instructed  to  act 
herein  shall  have  the  right,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty,  to  enter 
and  have  full  access,  egress  and  ingress  to  all  places  where 
milk  or  cream  is  stored  or  kept  for  sale,  to  all  wagons,  car- 
riages or  other  vehicles,  railroad  cars  or  conveyances  of  any 
kind  used  for  the  conveyance,  transportation  or  delivery  of 
milk  to  any  warehouse,  place  of  business,  factories,  buildings, 
farms,  stables,  railroad  depots,  erections,  establishments  or 
places  of  any  kind,  to  all  vessels,  cans,  packages,  refrigerators 
or  receptacles  of  milk  or  cream,  and  to  take  samples  of  milk 
and  cream  therefrom,  not  exceeding  one  (1)  pint,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  inspecting,  testing  or  analyzing  the  same,  and  when 
demanded  of  the  inspector,  one-half  (^)  of  the  sample  shall 
be  returned  to  the  person  from  whom  the  milk  is  taken,  to  be 
used  in  his  own  private  test. 

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  failing,  neglecting,  delay- 
ing or  refusing  to  obey  or  conform  to  any  reasonable  order 
or  direction  under  this  section,  made  by  the  proper  officer, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  fined  not  less 
than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dol- 
lars, and  whenever  a sample  or  samples  so  found  and  taken  as 
aforesaid  shall  not  correspond  with  or  shall  be  in  violation 


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of  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  the  person  or  persons, 
hrm  or  corporation  in  whose  possession,  care,  custody  or 
control  such  milk  or  cream  may  be  found  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10) 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offense. 

§ 10.  Samples — Test.  All  samples  of  milk  and  cream 
taken  or  brought  to  the  office  of  the  department  of  health  by 
the  officers  thereof,  shall  be  analyzed  or  otherwise  satisfac- 
torily tested,  and  wherever  or  whenever  said  milk  or  cream  or 
condensed  milk  so  tested  or  analyzed  shall  be  found  violative 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  the  necessary  steps  shall 
be  taken  for  the  prosecution  for  a violation  thereof.  The 
analysis  or  test  herein  required  may  be  made  with  such  in- 
struments, apparatus,  chemicals  or  other  articles,  and  to  such 
extent,  as  may  by  the  City  Physician  be  deemed  necessary. 
A record  shall  be  kept  of  every  analysis  or  examination  that 
may  be  made,  and  the  City  Physician  shall  make  an  annual 
report  of  the  transactions  of  this  division  to  the  Council,  with 
all  such  data  as  may  be  of  public  interest. 

§ 11.  Milk  Test.  No  milk  shall  be  kept,  sold  or  offered 
for  sale,  stored,  exchanged,  transported,  conveyed,  carried  or 
delivered,  or  with  such  intent  as  aforesaid  in  the  care, 
custody,  control  or  possession  of  any  one,  if  it  contains  more 
than  eighty-eight  (88)  per  centum  of  watery  fluids  or  less 
than  twelve  (12)  per  centum  of  total  solids,  of  which  total 
solids  three  (3)  per  centum  shall  be  butter  fat. 

§ 12.  Cream  Test.  No  cream  shall  be  sold,  offered  for 
sale,  exchanged,  delivered  or  be  transported  or  carried  for 
the  purpose  of  sale,  exchange  or  delivery  that  contains  less 
than  eighteen  (18)  per  centum  of  butter  fat,  or  that  is  taken 
from  any  impure,  diseased,  unhealthy,  unclean,  adulterated  or 
unwholesome  milk  or  cream  to  which  any  foreign  or  other 
substance  of  any  kind  has  been  added.  Offenders  under  this 
section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  on  con- 
viction thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars 


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nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

• 

§ 13.  Skimmed  Milk — Penalty.  Any  vendor  of  milk  or 
cream,  or  any  driver,  servant  or  agent  of  such  vendor,  who 
shall  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  milk 
from  which  the  cream  or  any  part  thereof  shall  have  been 
taken,  shall  offer  for  sale  and  sell  the  same  as  skimmed  milk 
and  not  otherwise,  and  no  vendor  of  milk,  and  no  driver, 
servant  or  agent  of  such  vendor,  shall  offer  for  sale,  or  sell, 
or  have  in  his  custody,  possession  or  control,  with  intent  to 
sell  or  deliver  same,  any  such  milk  from  which  the  cream  or 
any  part  thereof  shall  have  been  taken,  unless  the  can,  vessel 
or  package  containing  such  milk  shall  have  conspicuously 
attached  thereto  a steel  or  metallic  tab  on  which  shall  be  en- 
grossed the  words  “Skimmed  Milk,”  in  large,  plain,  dis- 
tinct letters;  said  steel  or  metallic  tab  shall  not  be  less  than 
three  (3)  inches  by  five  (5)  inches  in  size;  and  when  the  same 
is  sold  in  bottles,  the  words  “Skimmed  Milk”  should  be 
marked  on  the  cap. 

§ 14.  Impure,  Diluted  or  Adulterated  Milk.  Whosoever 
by  himself  or  by  his  servant  or  agent,  employe  or  milk 
wagon  driver,  or  as  servant  or  agent,  employe  or  milk  wagon 
driver  for  any  other  person,  firm  or  corporation,  sells,  offers 
for  sale,  exchanges,  delivers  or  transports  or  carries  for  the 
purpose  of  sale,  exchange  or  delivery,  or  has  in  his  custody, 
possession,  care  or  control  with  intent  so  to  sell,  offer  for  sale, 
exchange  or  deliver,  or  exposes  or  offers  for  sale,  exchange, 
transportation  or  delivery,  any  milk  or  cream  for  human 
food.  Avhich  is  unclean,  diluted,  impure,  unhealthy,  diseased, 
unwholesome,  adulterated  or  not  of  the  standard  of  quality 
provided  for  by  this  ordinance,  or  milk  or  cream  to  which 
water  or  any  foreign  substance  has  been  added,  or  milk  or 
cream  produced  from  cows  kept  in  an  unclean,  filthy  or  un- 
healthy condition,  or  milk  or  cream  that  has  been  exposed  to 
or  contaminated  or  affected  by  the  emanations,  discharges  or 
exhalations  from  any  human  beings  or  animals  sick  with  any 
contagious  or  infectious  diseases  by  which  the  health  or  life 


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of  any  person  may  be  endang-ered,  compromised  or  in  any  way 
affected,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  on 
conviction  thereof,  shall  for  a first  offense  be  fined  not  less 
than  ten  ($10)  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100) 
dollars;  and  for  each  subsequent  offense  be  fined  not  less  than 
twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  ($200) 
dollars. 

• « 

§ 15.  Adulteration  or  Dilution.  Any  person  who  shall 
adulterate  milk  or  cream  or  reduce  or  change  it  in  any  respect 
by  the  addition  of  water  or  any  foreign  or  other  substance  or 
by  the  removal  of  cream  therefrom  with  a view  of  selling,  or 
offering  the  same  for  sale,  or  exchange,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less 
than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dol- 
lars for  each  and  every -offense. 

§ 16.'  Foreign  Substances  Contained.  Any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  who  shall  sell,  offer  for  sale,  expose  for  sale, 
exchange,  deliver,  dispose  of  or  transport,  convey  or  carry, 
or  with  any  such  intent  as  aforesaid  have  in  his  or  their  pos- 
session, care,  custody  or  control  any  milk  or  cream  having 
therein  or  containing  any  foreign  or  other  substance  of  any 
kind  whatever,  or  coloring  matter,  or  any  adulteration  or  pre- 
servative, whether  for  the  purpose  of  artificially  increasing 
the  quantity  of  milk  or  cream  or  for  preserving  the  condition 
of  sweetness  thereof,  or  for  any  purpose  whatever,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

§ 17.  Condensed  Milk.  No  person  shall  manufacture, 
sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  condensed  or  evaporated  milk  for 
domestic  use  unless  the  same  shall  be  put  up  in  packages  or 
cans  upon  which  shall  be  distinctly  labeled  or  stamped  the 
name  or  brand  by  whom,  or  under  which,  the  same  is  made. 
No  condensed  or  evaporated  milk  shall  be  made,  sold,  or 
offered  for  sale,  exchanged  or  delivered  for  domestic  use  un- 
less the  same  is  manufactured  from  pure,  clean,  healthy,  fresh, 


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unadulterated,  wholesome  milk  from  which  the  cream  has  not 
been  removed.  Condensed  or  evaporated  milk  shall  contain 
not  less  than  twenty  (20)  per  cent  of  milk  solids,  and  one 
hundred  (100)  per  cent  of  such  milk  solids  shall  contain  not 
less  than  twenty-seven  and  five-tenths  (27.5)  per  cent  of  milk 
fat.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent 
the  addition  of  cane  sugar  in  the  manufacture  of  condensed 
or  evaporated  milk. 

§ 18.  Confiscation  of  Impure  Milk.  All  milk  and 

cream  from  sick  and  diseased  cows,  or  cows  fed  on  refuse  or 
slops  from  distilleries,  vinegar  factories  or  any  similar  slops, 
m’ash  or  refuse  shall,  upon  discovery  thereof,  be  confiscated, 
forfeited  and  immediately  destroyed  by  or  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  City  Physician,  who  shall,  if  done  in  good  faith, 
be  held  harmless  in  damages  therefor  in  any  suit  or  demand 
made. 

§ 19.  Buttermilk.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  prohibit  the  use  or  sale  of  what  is  known  as 
buttermilk,  provided  the  same  is  produced  from  pure  and 
wholesome  milk.  Should  any  such  buttermilk,  however,  be 
sold,  kept,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale,  exchanged  or  trans- 
ported, conveyed  or  carried  or  be  in  the  care,  custody,  control 
or  possession  of  any  one  with  the  intent  as  aforesaid  which 
is  not  the  product  of  pure  and  wholesome  milk,  the  offender 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

§ 20.  Hotel  Keeper,  Restaurant,  etc.  Every  hotel 
keeper,  restaurant  keeper  or  boarding  house  keeper  who 
furnishes  milk  or  cream  to  his  or  their  guests  or  boarders 
shall  be  in  all  respects  subject  and  amenable  to  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance,  saving  and  excepting  the  obtaining  of  a 
license,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  place  over  the  container  of 
milk  the  words  “Cream,  Milk,  or  Skimmed  Milk,”  which  shall 
truthfully  describe  the  contents  thereof. 


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§ 21.  Sick  or  Diseased  Cow — Slaughter.  If  any  cow  be 
sick  or  diseased,  the  owner  or  person  in  charge  thereof  shall 
not  sell,  or  ofifer  for  sale,  exchange  or  delivery,  the  milk  or 
cream  therefrom,  but  shall  at  once  destroy  the  same.  If  in 
the  opinion  of  the  City  Physician  or  any  inspector  any  cow 
is  afflicted  with  a contagious  or  infectious  disease,  he  shall 
direct  the  owner  or  person  in  charge  thereof  to  forthwith  re- 
move the  said  cow  from  the  premises  to  a place  where  it  may 
not  spread  or  cause  contagion  or  infection.  A violation  of 
this  section  shall  be  deemed  a misdemeanor,  and,  on  convic- 
tion thereof,  the  offender  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10) 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars.  If  said 
cow  is  by  the  City  Physician  or  inspector  deemed  incurable, 
and  the  owner  or  person  in  charge  thereof  does  not  consent 
to  its  being  killed,  said  City  Physician  shall  notify  the  State 
Board  of  Live  Stock  Commissioners. 

§ 22.  Parturition  of  Cow.  No  milk  or  cream  shall  be 
sold,  kept,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale,  stored,  transported, 
exchanged,  carried,  delivered  or  in  any  manner  disposed  of, 
drawn  from  cows  within  fifteen  (15)  days  before  and  five  (5) 
days  after  parturition,  nor  shall  the  same  be  mixed  with  any 
other  milk  or  cream  for  such  purposes.  Any  one  so  offering 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

§ 23.  Dairy — Refuse  Matter — Offal.  All  persons,  firms 
or  corporations  who  own  or  keep  a dairy  and  offer  the  pro- 
ducts thereof  for  sale  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  shall  main- 
tain the  premises  thereof  free  from  any  accumulation  of  re- 
fuse matter  or  offal,  which  shall  be  removed  frequently,  so  as 
not  to  endanger  the  public  health. 

§ 24.  Moneys  Collected.  All  moneys  collected  under  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  duly  paid  to  the  City 
Clerk. 

§ 25.  Use  of  Old  Bottles  Prohibited.  It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  a milk  dealer  to  purchase  any  milk  bottle  from  a 


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junk  dealer  or  other  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  collect- 
ing bottles  which  may  have  been  contaminated  by  disease 
and  filth. 

§ 26.  Delivery  to  Premises  Under  Quarantine.  When 

milk  is  delivered  to  premises  quarantined  by  the  health 
authorities,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  milk  dealers  to  receive 
empty  bottles  therefrom,  excepting  after  the  same  have  been 
sterilized  under  the  direction  of  the  health  officer  who 
fumigates  premises  upon  the  lifting  of  the  quarantine.  ^ 

§ 27.  Certified  Milk.  Dairymen  who  wish  to  put  a milk 
of  exceptional  excellence  on  the  market  may  be  allowed  to 
use  the  words  “Certified  Milk”  on  their  labels,  provided 
that  they  shall  comply  in  every  respect  with  the  “Certified 
Milk”  requirements. 

§ 28.  Standard  for  Pasteurized  Milk.  All  milk  sold  as 
Pasteurized  milk  shall  at  all  times  prove  to  be  such,  and 
dealers  purporting  to  sell  Pasteurized  milk  shall  be  sus- 
pended from  business  should  their  milk  be  proven  not  to  be 
Pasteurized. 

Milk  may  be  Pasteurized  in  the  following  manner: 

A uniform  heat  of  145  degrees  for  25  minutes. 

A uniform  heat  of  150  degrees  for  20  minutes. 

A uniform  heat  of  155  degrees  for  15  minutes. 

A uniform  heat  of  160  degrees  for  10  minutes. 

A uniform  heat  of  165  degrees  for  5 minutes. 

A uniform  heat  of  170  degrees  flash. 

§ 29.  When  Ordinance  Takes  Effect.  This  ordinance 
shall  not  go  into  effect  before  sixty  days  after  its  passage,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  no  milk  shall  be  sold  within  the  limits 
of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  which  has  not  come  from  a farm 
or  dairy  which  has  been  examined  by  the  inspector  and  found 
to  score  more  than  fifty  per  cent.  A permit  shall  be  necessary, 
regardless  of  the  number  of  cows  kept  by  the  person  selling 
milk. 


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The  City  Physician  shall  have  the  power  and  authority  to 
make  such  further  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  appear  to  be 
necessary  from  time  to  time. 

§ 30.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Any  violation  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  subject  the  offender  to  the  forfeiture  of  his  dairy 
license,  in  addition  to  such  other  and  further  penalties  herein 
provided,  and  in  all  cases  of  a violation  of  the  terms  of  this 
Chapter,  if  a penalty  is  not  specially  provided  for  such  viola- 
tion, the  offender  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars, 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  such 
offense. 

§ 31.  Grades  of  Milk.  The  following  standards  are 
hereby  established  as  to  the  relative  merits  to  proper  condi- 
tions of  milk : 

50  per  cent  passable. 

70  per  cent  good. 

90  per  cent  excellent. 

100  per  cent  perfect. 

§ 32.  Bacteria  Test.  All  milk  and  skim  milk  brought 
into  the  city,  or  sold  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  city,  must  not 
contain  more  than  250,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter  from 
May  1st  to  October  1st,  and  150,000  from  October  1st  to 
May  1st. 

§ 33.  Scoring.  All  dairies  shall  be  scored  by  the  in- 
spector on  the  score  card  in  the  following  form: 


EQUIPMENT  Score 

Perfect.  Allowed. 

Cows. 

Water  (clean  and  fresh) 1 

Eood  (clean  and  wholesome) • 1 

Health  6 

Apparently  in  good  health 1 


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EQUIPMENT  Score 

Cows.  Perfect.  Allowed. 

If  given  a physical  examination 
within  a year  by  a competent  vet- 
erinarian, and  found  to  be  healthy 
and  free  from  tuberculosis  in  so 


far  as  an  external  examination 
may  determine 5 

Stables. 

Location  of  stable — 2 

Well  drained 1 

Free  from  contaminating  surround- 
ings   1 

Construction  of  stable 3 

Tight,  sound  floor  and  proper  gutter  2 

Smooth,  tight  walls  and  ceiling 0.5  

Proper  stall,  tie  and  manger 0.5  

Provision  for  Light — 

Four  sq.  ft.  of  glass  per  cow 4 

Three  sq.  ft 3 

Two  sq.  ft 2 

One  squ.  ft 1 

Deduct  for  uneven  distribution — 

Bedding  1 

Ventilation  5 

Provision  for  fresh  air,  controllable 

flue  system 2 

Windows  hinged  at  bottom 1.5  

Sliding  windows 1 

Other  openings 0.5  

Cubic  feet  of  space  per  cow,  500  cu. 

feet  2 

Not  less  than  400  cu.  ft 1.5  

Not  less  than  300  cu.  ft 1 

Less  than  300  cu.  ft 0 

Provision  for  controlling  tempera- 
ture   1 


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EQUIPMENT 

Utensils. 

Small  top  milking  pail - 

Milk  cooler - 

Clean  milking  suits - 

Milk  Room  or  Milk  House. 
Location,  free  from  contaminating 

surroundings - 

Construction  of  milk  room - 


Eloor,  walls  and  ceiling 1 

Light,  ventilation,  screens 1 


Separate  rooms  for  washing  uten- 
sils and  handling  milk 

Facilities  for  steam 

Hot  water 0.5 

Total 


METHODS 


Cows. 

Clean 

(Free  from  visible  dirt) 4 

Stables. 

Cleanliness  of  stables 

Floor  2 

Walls  1 

Ceilings  and  ledges 1 

Windows  1 

Stable  air  at  milking  time 

Freedom  from  dust 2 

Freedom  from  odors 2 

Cleanliness  of  bedding 

Barnyard,  clean 


Removal  of  manure,  daily  (to  50  ft. 
from  stable) - 


Score 

Perfect.  Allowed. 

10  

1 

1 


1 

2 


1 

1 


40  

Score 

Perfect.  Allowed. 

6 


5 


4 


1 

1 


2 


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EQUIPMENT  Score 

Perfect.  Allowed. 

Milk  Room  or  Milk  House. 

Cleanliness  of  milk  room 3 


Utensils  and  Milking. 

Care  and  cleanliness  of  utensils 

Thoroughly  w^ashed 2 

Sterilized  in  steam  for  15  minutes....  3 

Placed  over  steam  jet  or  scalded 

with  boiling  water 2 

Protected  from  contamination 3 

Cleanliness  of  milking 

Clean,  dry  hands 5 

Udders  washed  and  wiped 10 

Udders  cleaned  with  moist  cloth..  6 


Cleaned  with  dry  cloth  or  brush  at 
least  15  minutes  before  milking  2 

Handling  the  Milk. 

Cleanliness  of  attendants  in  milk 

room  

Milk  removed  immediately  from 

stable  

Cooled  immediately  after  milking 

each  cow 

Cooled  below  50  degrees  E 


51  to  54  degrees  F 3 

55  to  58  degrees  F 2 

Stored  below  50  degrees  F 

51  to  55  degrees  F 2 

56  to  60  degrees  F '. 1 

Transportation  below  64  degrees  F.. 

51  to  55  degrees  F 1.5 

56  to  63  degrees  F 1 


If  delivered  twice  a day — allow  per- 
fect score  for  storage  and  trans- 
portation. 

Total , 


8 


15 


2 

2 

2 

4 


3 


2 


60 


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CHAPTER  33 

MISDEMEANORS 

I_OEEENSES  AGAINST  GOOD  MORALS  AND 
DECENCY 

II— OEEENSES  AEEECTING  PUBLIC  SAEETY 

III_OEEENSES  AEEECTING  PUBLIC  PEACE 
AND  QUIET 

IV—  OEEENSES  AEEECTING  STREETS, 

PROPERTY  AND  MERCHANDISE 

V—  VAGABONDS  DEEINED 

I— OFFENSES  AGAINST  GOOD  MORALS  AND 
DECENCY 

Section  1.  Misdemeanor  Defined — Penalty.  Thal^  each 
of  the  following  sections  shall  be  deemed  to  state  a misde- 
meanor, or  misdemeanors,  which,  if  severally  or  jointly  com- 
mitted by  any  person  or  persons  within  the  territorial  juris- 
diction of  said  city  shall  subject  the  offender  or  offenders, 
severally  (where  the  penalty  is  not  otherwise  specified  in  the 
section  defining  the  misdemeanor),  to  a penalty  of  not  less 
than  one  ($1)  dollar  and  not  exceeding  two  hundred  ($200) 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

.§  2.  Drunkenness — Penalty — Second  Offense — Time  of 
Commencing  Prosecution.  Any  person  found  intoxicated  in 
any  street,  highway  or  other  public  place,  or  so  found  dis- 
turbing the  peace  of  the  public  or  of  his  own  or  any  other 
family,  in  any  private  building  or  place  in  the  city,  shall,  for 
the  first  offense,  be  fined  not  more  than  five  dollars,  and  upon 
any  subsequent  conviction  shall  be  fined  a sum  not  exceeding 
twenty-five  ($25)  dollars.  Prosecutions  under  this  section 
shall  be  commenced  within  ten  (10)  days  after  the  off'ense  is 
committed,  and  the  magistrate  may  remit  the  punishment  in 
whole  or  in  part  where  he  is  satisfied  the  public  welfare  and 
the  good  of  the  offender  require  it. 


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§ 3.  Minors  not  to  Frequent  Saloons.  No  person  under 
the  age  of  majority  shall  visit  or  frequent  any  saloon  or  other 
place  where  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented 
liquors  are  sold  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  such  liquors, 
unless  accompanied  by  his  or  her  parent  or  guardian;  nor 
shall  any  such  person  obtain  or  attempt  to  obtain  such  liquor 
by  fraudulently  representing  himself  or  herself  to  be  of  law- 
ful age,  when  in  fact  he  or  she  is  not,  for  the  purpose  of 
obtaining  such  liquor.  ^ 

§ 4.  Bathing  in  Public  Place — Indecently  Exposed.  No 

'person  shall  swim  or  bathe  in  the  Mississippi  river,  or  in  any 
place  exposed  to  public  view,  within  the  limits  of  the  city, 
between  sunrise  and  one  hour  after  sunset,  being  naked  or 
having  the  person  indecently  exposed. 

That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to 
bathe  in  the  Mississippi  river  at  any  time  between  the  west 
line  of  Seventeenth  street  and  the  east  line  of  Nineteenth 
street  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island. 

§ 5.  Indecent  Exposure,  Indecent  Books,  Pictures, 
Shows,  etc.  No  person  shall  appear  in  any  public  place 
within  the  city  in  a state  of  nudity  or  in  a dress  not  belong- 
ing to  his  or  her  sex,  or  in  any  indecent  or  lewd  dress,  or 
make  any  indecent  exposure  of  his  or  her  person,  or  be  guilty 
of  any  indecent  or  lewd  act  or  behavior,  or  shall  publicly  or 
privately  exhibit,  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  give  away,  or  offer 
to  give  away,  any  indecent  book,  pamphlet,  periodical,  news- 
paper, print,  picture,  or  other  thing  or  article  of  indecent 
or  immoral  use,  or  shall  exhibit  or  perform,  or  in  any  way 
cause  to  be  exhibited  or  performed,  any  indecent,  immoral,  or 
lewd  play,  or  show,  or  representation  of  any  sort. 

§ 6.  Indecent  Exhibition  of  Stud  Horse  or  Bull.  No 
person  shall  indecently  exhibit  any  stud  horse  or  bull,  or  let 
any  such  horse  to  any  mare  or  mares,  or  any  bull  to  any  cow 
or  cows,  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  unless  in  some  inclosed 
place,  out  of  public  view. 


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§ 7.  House  of  Ill-Fame — Disorderly  House.  No  person 
shall  keep  or  maintain  a house  of  ill-fame  or  assignation,  or 
place  for  the  practice  of  fornication,  or  lewdness ; no  person 
shall  patronize,  or  be  an  inmate  of  the  same,  nor  let,  own  or 
be  interested  as  proprietor  or  landlord  in  any  house,  room,  or 
other  premises  used  for  any  such  purpose,  or  shall  keep  a 
common,  ill-governed  or  disorderly  house,  to  the  encourage- 
ment of  idleness,  gaming,  drinking,  fornication  or  other  mis- 
behavior. 

§ 8.  Gaming — Penalty.  No  person  shall  play  for  money 
or  other  valuable  thing  at  any  game  with  cards,  dice,  billiards, 
or  with  any  other  article,  instrument  or  thing  whatsoever 
which  may  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  playing  or  betting  upon, 
or  winning  or  losing  money,  or  any  other  thing  of  value,  nor 
shall  bet  upon  any  game  others  may  be  playing.  Any  person 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  nor  less  than  ten 
($10)  dollars. 

§ 9.  Gaming  House.  No  person  shall  keep  a gaming 
house,  or  in  any  building  or  other  place  by  himself  or  his 
agent  used  or  occupied,  procure  or  permit  any  persons  to 
frequent  or  come  together  to  play  for  money  or  other  valu- 
able thing  at  any  game,  nor  shall  keep  nor  suffer  to  be  kept 
any  table  or  other  apparatus  for  the  purpose  of  playing  at 
any  game  or  sport  for  money  or  any  valuable  thing,  nor  shall 
keep  nor  rent  any  such  place  for  any  such  purpose  within 
the  city. 

§ 10.  Gambling  Instruments  May  be  Destroyed.  The 
Mayor,  any  Commissioner,  Chief  of  Police  or  ariy  police 
officer  of  this  city  may  seize  or  cause  to  be  seized  any  instru- 
ment, device  or  thing  used  for  the  purpose  of  gaming,  or  by, 
on  or  with  which  money  or  other  property  or  thing  of  value 
may  be  lost  or  won;  and  all  such  instruments,  devices  or 
things  shall  be  demolished  or  destroyed  under  the  direction 
of  the  Mayor. 


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That  whoever,  in  any  room,  saloon,  inn,  tavern,  shed, 
booth  or  building  or  enclosure,  or  in  any  part  thereof,  oper- 
ates, keeps,  owns,  rents  or  uses  any  clock,  joker,  tape  or  slot 
machine,  or  any  other  device  upon  which  money  is  staked  or 
hazarded,  or  into  which  money  is  paid  or  played  upon 
chance,  or  upon  the  result  of  the  action  of  which  money  or 
other  valuable  thing  is  staked,  bet,  hazarded,  won  or  lost, 
shall,  upon  conviction,  for  the  first  offense  be  fined  not  less 
than  ten  ($10)  dollars  or  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dol- 
lars; and  for  a second  offense  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  two 
hundred  ($200)  dollars. 

Every  clock,  tape  machine,  slot  machine  or  other  machine 
or  device  for  the  reception  of  money  on  chance,  or  upon  the 
action  of  which  money  is  staked,  hazarded,  bet,  won  or  lost, 
is  hereby  declared  a gambling  device',  and  shall  be  subject  to 
seizure,  confiscation  and  destruction  by  any  municipal  or 
other  local  authority  within  whose  jurisdiction  the  same  may 
be  found. 

Every  owner,  occupant,  lessee,  mortgagee  or  other  person 
in  possession  of  any  premises  upon  which  any  gambling 
device  may  be  located,  and  every  person  in  the  use,  operation, 
lease  or  other  possession  of  the  same,  shall  be  fined  for  the 
first  offense  not  less  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars,  and  for 
the  second  offense  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  two  hundred 
($200)  dollars. 

§ 11.  Disorderly  Houses  May  be  Entered  Forcibly — 
Police  May  Arrest  Persons  Found  Therein.  If  the  owner  or 
keeper  of  any  disorderly  or  gambling  house,  or  house  of  ill- 
fame,  or  any  house  or  place  reasonably  supposed  to  be  such, 
shall  refuse  to  permit  the  Mayor,  any  Commissioner,  the 
Chief  of  Police  or  any  police  officer  to  enter  the  same,  it 
shall  be  lawful  for  the  Mayor,  any  Commissioner,  the 
Chief  of  Police  or  any  police  officer  to  enter  or  cause  the 
same  to  be  entered  by  forcibly  breaking  the  doors  or  other- 
wise and  to  arrest,  with  or  without  warrant  or  process,  any 
and  all  persons  found  therein  violating  any  law  or  ordinance, 
or  subject  to  reasonable  suspicion  thereof. 


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§ 12.  Licensed  Persons  Violating  Sections  Five,  Six, 
Seven,  Eight,  Nine  or  Ten,,Forfeit  License.  In  case  of  the 
conviction  of  any  person  for  a violation  of  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  sections  five,  six,  seven,  eight,  nine  or  ten  of  this 
Chapter,  such  person  shall,  in  addition  to  the  penalty  pre- 
scribed for  such  violation,  incur  a forfeiture  of  any  city 
license  that  he  may  hold. 

§ 13.  Cruelty  to  Animals — Penalty.  No  person  shall 
overload,  overdrive,  overwork,  cruelly  beat,  torture,  torment, 
mutilate  or  cruelly  kill  any  animal,  or  cause  or  knowingly 
allow  the  same  to  be  done.  No  person  shall  cruelly  work  or 
cruelly  abandon  any  old,  maimed,  infirm,  sick  or  disabled 
animal,  or  cause  or  knowingly  allow  the  same  to  be  done,  or 
unnecessarily  fail  to  provide  any  animal  in  his  charge  or 
custody,  as  owner  or  otherwise,  with  proper  food,  drink  or 
shelter. 

II— OFFENSES  AFFECTING  PUBLIC  SAFETY 

§ 14.  Use  of  Firearms  jand  Explosives — Exceptions.  No 

person  shall  in  any  part  of  the  city  fire  or  discharge  any 
cannon,  gun,  pistol  or  other  firearm,  or  set  ofif,  fire  or  explode 
any  torpedo,  firecrackers,  fire  ball,  rocket  or  other  fireworks 
whatsoever,  or  shall  make  or  kindle  any  bonfire.  Provided, 
that  the  Council  may,  by  resolution,  suspend  the  operation  of 
the  preceding  provisions  of  this  section,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
on  the  4th  day  of  July,  or  any  other  day  of  public  rejoicing; 
and,  provided  further,  that  the  discharge  of  firearms  by  the 
members  of  any  military  when  on  parade  and  in  accordance 
with  the  command  of  the  commanding  officer,  or  by  any  city 
officer,  or  other  person  in  the  discharge  of  any  legal  duty,  or 
necessary  and  lawful  act,  the  same  being  done  in  a proper  and 
careful  manner,  shall  not  be  deemed  a violation  hereof. 

That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  discharge  on 
the  streets,  avenues,  alleys,  or  other  public  grounds  any  air 
gun  or  toy  gun  from  which  is  sent  a lead  or  metal  missile. 


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§ 15.  Leaving  Horses,  etc..  Unfastened — Fast  Driving. 

No  person  shall  drive,  place,  fasten  or  leave  standing  any 
horse,  mule  or  other  animal  on  any  street,  avenue  or  sidewalk 
in  the  city,  or  leave  standing  unfastened  therein  any  of  the 
animals  aforesaid,  or  any  team  of  either,  in  harness  or  attached 
to  any  wagon  or  other  vehicle  so  that  said  animal  or  animals 
may  be  liable  to  run  away;  or  cause,  suffer  or  allow  any  of  the 
said  animals  to  pass  through  any  street,  alley  or  public  place 
without  a suitable  driver,  or  ride  or  drive  at  an  immoderately 
fast  pace  any  of  the  aforesaid  animals  through  or  along  any 
street,  alley  or  public  place  in  said  city  so  as  to  endanger  the 
’safety  of  any  person. 

§ 16.  Obstructing  Street  and  Sidewalk  with  Teams.  No 
person  shall  stop  any  team  or  any  of  the  last  aforesaid  animals 
in  any  street,  alley  or  other  public  way  in  such  manner  as  to 
prevent  other  teams  and  persons  passing  at  all  times,  except 
in  case  of  absolute  necessity;  or  stop  any  team  at  the  regular 
crossings  of  streets  so  as  to  prevent  free  passage  for  foot 
passengers.  This  section,  however,  shall  not  be  so  construed 
as  to  prevent  any  person  from  leading,  riding  or  driving  over 
any  sidewalk  into  any  lot  by  the  usual  mode  of  ingress  or 
egress  for  vehicles. 

§ 17.  Flying  Kites,  Throwing  Stones  and  Other  Danger- 
ous Sports  in  Streets.  No  person  shall  in  any  public  place 
in  said  city  fly  kites,  throw  stones  or  snow  balls,  trundle 
hoops,  play  ball,  or  engage  in  any  sport  likely  to  frighten 
horses,  injure  other  people,  embarrass  the  passage  of  vehicles, 
or  obstruct  the  passage  or  business  of  other  people;  nor 
throw  nor  cast  any  stone,  snow  ball  or  other  missile  upon  or 
at  any  building,  tree  or  other  public  or  private  property,  or 
at  any  person  anywhere  in  said  city,  or  aid  or  abet  the  same. 

§ 18.  Getting  on  or  Holding  to  Cars,  Vehicles,  etc. — 
Penalty.  No  person  shall  within  the  limits  of  said  city 
seize,  hang  upon,  get  upon,  hold,  tie  or  fasten  to  any  railroad 
car,’  engine,  horse  car,  carriage,  buggy,  wagon,  sleigh,  sled  or 
other  vehicle  or  conveyance  while  the  same  is  in  motion,  or 


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attempt  so  to  do,  or  attach  to  any  such  vehicle  or  conveyance 
any  sleigh  or  sled,  and  ride  thereon,  unless  he  shall  be  acting 
in  compliance  with  law  and  his  duty  in  so  doing. 

§ 19.  Coasting  on  Streets  Prohibited — Exception.  No 
person  shall  coast  or  slide  on  any  of  the  streets  or  sidewalks 
of  the  city,  except  on  such  streets  as  may  be  designated  by 
the  Mayor  or  Council. 

§ 20.  Leaving  Cellar  Doors  and  Other  Openings,  etc.,  Un- 
covered or  Unsafe.  No  person  shall  leave  open,  uncovered, 
unguarded  or  in  an  unsafe  condition  any  cellar  door,  hatch- 
way, pit,  vault,  excavation  or  excavations  upon  or  adjoining 
any  sidewalk,  street,  alley  or  public  place  of  the  city. 

Ill— OFFENSES  AFFECTING  PUBLIC  PEACE  AND 

QUIET 

§ 21.  Assault — Assault  and  Battery — Penalty.  No  per- 
son shall  commit  an  assault,  or  assault  and  battery,  under  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars,  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  ($100)  dollars. 

' § 22.  Disturbing  the  Peace  by  Loud  Noises  or  Riotous 

Conduct,  etc.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
within  said  city  to  make  or  create  any  loud  or  unusual  noises, 
by  blowing  of  horns,  bugles,  or  other  instruments,  or  by  the 
beating  of  drums,  kettles  or  other  sounding  vessels  or  instru- 
ments, or  by  the  ringing  of  bells  or  crying  of  goods,  tending 
to  the  collection  of  persons  in  the  streets  or  on  the  sidewalks,- 
or  by  loud  or  boisterous  laughing,  or  by  singing,  bellowing, 
whooping,  screaming,  halooing,  swearing,  cursing;  nor  shall 
any  person  or  persons  in  said  city  disturb  the  peace  of 
any  street,  avenue,  alley,  neighborhood,  or  person  by  conduct- 
ing himself  or  themselves  in  a tumultuous,  riotous,  indecent, 
disorderly  or  offensive  manner,  or  by  any  of  the  means 
enumerated  in  this  section,  nor  by  any  other  device  or  means 
whatever. 

§ 23.  Loitering  or  Loafing  Upon  Streets,  etc. — Interfer- 
ing with  or  Annoying  Passersby — Curfew,  etc.  It  shall  be 


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unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  in  said  city  to  loiter  or 
congregate  about  or  upon  any  stairway,  doorway,  window  or 
in  front  of  any  business  or  dwelling  house,  theatre,  church 
or  street  corner,  or  elsewhere,  and  by  so  doing  obstruct  or 
interfere  with  the  free  passage  of  persons  entering  or  occu- 
pying such  building  or  premises,  or  by  their  language,  con- 
versation or  conduct  annoy,  insult  or  disturb  persons  passing 
along  the  streets  or  alleys,  or  occupying,  residing  or  doing 
business  in  any  of  said  houses  or  places ; and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  every  policeman  to  arrest  and  prosecute  all  persons 
offending  under  this  section. 

It  is  hereby  made  unlawful  for  any  person  under  fifteen 
years  of  age  to  be  or  remain  in  or  upon  any  of  the  streets, 
alleys  or  public  places  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  Illinois, 
after  the  hour  of  nine  o’clock  p.  m.  from  March  1st  to 
September  30th,  inclusive,  of  each  year,  and  from  October  1st 
to  the  last  day  of  February,  inclusive,  of  each  year,  after  the 
hour  of  eight  o’clock  p.  m.,  unless  such  person  is  accompanied 
by  a parent  or  guardian,  or  other  person  having  the  legal  cus- 
tody of  such  minor  person,  or  is  in  the  performance  of  an 
errand  of  duty  directed  by  such  parent  or  guardian  or  other 
person  having  the  care  and  custody  of  such  minor  person,  or 
^ whose  employment  makes  it  necessary  to  be  upon  said  streets, 
alleys  or  public  places  during  the  night  time  after  said  speci- 
fied hours;  provided  this  exception  shall  not  apply  when  the 
person  under  such  age  shall  be  playing  or  unnecessarily 
loitering  in  or  upon  any  such  streets,  alleys  or  public  places. 
Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on 
conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  to  exceed  ten  ($10)  dol- 
lars for  each  offense. 

It  is  hereby  made  unlawful  for  any  parent,  guardian  or 
other  person  having  the  legal  care  and  custody  of  any  person 
under  fifteen  years  of  age  to  allow  or  permit  any  child, 
ward  or  other  person  under  such  age  while  in  such  legal 
custody  to  go  or  be  in  or  upon  any  of  the  streets,  alleys,  or 
public  places  in  said  city  within  the  time  prohibited  in  sec- 


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tion  1 of  this  ordinance,  unless  there  exists  a reasonable  neces- 
sity therefor. 

Each  member  of  the  police  force  while  on  duty  is  hereby 
authorized  to  arrest,  without  warrant,  any  person  wilfully 
violating  the  provisions  of  section  1 of  this  ordinance,  and 
detain  such  person  for  a reasonable  time  in  which  complaints 
can  be  made  and  a warrant  issued  and  served.  But  it  is  fur- 
ther ordained,  that  no  child  or  minor  person  arrested  under 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  placed  in  confine- 
ment until  the  parents  or  guardians  of  such  minor  person  shall 
have  been  notified  of  such  arrest  and  shall  have  refused  to  be 
held  responsible  for  the  observance  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  by  said  minor  person. 

§ 24.  Keeping  of  Dogs,  etc. — Disturbing  the  Quiet  by 
Barking,  Howling,  etc.  No  person  shall,  in  said  city,  keep 
any  dog,  whelp,  bitch,  calf,  hog,  or  any  other  animal  shut  up 
or  tied  up  in  any  yard,  house  oi*  other  place,  which,  by  bark- 
ing, howling,  or  other  noises,  shall  disturb  the  peace  and  quiet 
of  any  family,  individual  or  neighborhood. 

§ 25.  Breach  of  Peace — Threatening  Language  and  Con- 
duct. No  person  shall  commit  a breach  of  the  peace  or  shall 
use  any  profane  or  indecent  language,  or  be  guilty  of  any 
violent  or  threatening  language  or  conduct  tending  to  pro- 
voke a breach  of  the  peace  in  the  city. 

§ 26.  Disorderly  Conduct — Unlawful  Gatherings.  No 
person  shall  be  guilty  of  any  disorderly  conduct,  nor  shall 
make,  aid,  countenance,  nor  assist  in  making  any  improper 
noise,  riot  or  disturbance  in  the  city,  nor  shall  persons  congre- 
gate together  in  any  of  the  streets,  alleys  or  public  places  of 
the  city  for  unlawful  purposes,  or  for  a lawful  purpose  in  a 
riotous  or  tumultous  manner,  to  the  annoyance  of  the  citizens 
or  travelers  therein,  or  aid  or  abet  the  same. 

§ 27.  Disturbing  School  or  Assembly.  No  person  shall 
wilfully  interrupt  or  disturb  any  school  or  any  congregation 
or  assembly  meeting  for  religious  worship,  or  for  any  other 
lawful  purpose,  by  making  any  unnecessary  noise  or  by  rude 


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or  indecent  behavior,  or  by  profane  discourse  within  such 
meeting,  or  so  near  the  same  as  to  disturb  the  order  or 
solemnity  of  such  meeting. 

§ 28.  Processions,  Music.  No  military  company  or  other 
body  or  procession  of  persons  shall  march  or  pass  through 
the  streets  of  this  city  on  Sunday  accompanied  by  the  sound 
of  music,  unless  by  the  special  permission  of  the  Mayor 
first  obtained. 

§ 29.  False  Alarm  of  Fire,  etc.  No  person  shall  make  a 
false  alarm  of  fire  by  outcry,  or  by  using  any  bell  or  other 
sounding  instrument;  nor  shall  any  person  wilfully  make  any 
false  alarm  of  any  kind  calculated  to  disturb  the  peace  of 
said  city. 

§ 30.  Places  of  Amusement — Time  of  Closing.  No  per- 
son shall,  by  himself,  his  agent,  or  servant,  keep  open  or 
permit  or  suffer  any  person  to  remain  at  any  public  place  of 
amusement  kept  or  owned  by  him  at  a later  hour  than  twelve 
o’clock  p.  m.  Provided,  that  the  Mayor  may,  in  his  discre- 
tion, upon  proper  application  in  writing  to  him  made,  grant 
a special  written  permit  to  keep  the  same  open  to  some  hour 
that  shall  be  specified  therein,  such  permit  to  be  good  for  one 
night  only,  and  such  permit  and  application  to  be  filed  with 
the  City  Clerk  before  taking  advantage  of  the  provisions 
thereof. 

§ 31.  Carrying  Concealed  Weapons.  No  person  shall 
within  the  limits  of  said  city  carry  or  wear  under  their 
clothes,  or  concealed  about  their  person,  any  pistol,  revolver, 
bowie  knife,  dirk  or  other  deadly  weapon,  or  shall  in  a 
threatening  or  boisterous  manner  display  or  flourish  any 
deadly  weapon.  This  shall  not  apply  to  police  officers  when 
on  duty.  Any  such  weapon  or  weapons  duly  adjudged  by  any 
magistrate  of  said  city  to  have  been  worn,  carried  or  dis- 
played by  any  person  in  violation  of  this  section  shall  be  for- 
feited and  confiscated  to  said  city  and  be  kept  and  retained 
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§ 32.  Permit  to  Carry,  The  Mayor  may  grant  to  so 
many  and  such  persons  as  he  may  think  proper  license  to 
carry  concealed  weapons,  and  may  revoke  any  and  all  such 
licenses  at  his  pleasure.  Applications  for  such  licenses  shall 
be  made  to  the  Mayor,  and  thereupon  a license  shall  be  issued 
by  the  City  Clerk  and  signed  by  the  Mayor.  Every  such 
license  shall  state  the  name,  age,  occupation,  and  residence 
of  the  person  to  whom  it  is  granted,  and  every  such  license 
shall  expire  at  the  end  of  the  municipal  year. 

§ 33.  Resistance  to  Officers.  No  person  shall'unlawfully 
resist  any  police  officer  or  constable  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties,  nor  shall  wilfully  refuse  to  assist  any  police  officer  or 
constable  in  making  an  arrest  when  called  upon  to  do  so,  nor 
shall  interfere  with  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  with  the  Chief  of 
Police  or  any  police  officer  or  constable,  or  any  person  author- 
ized and  required  to  enforce  the  laws  of  the  city,  or  prevent, 
hinder,  or  delay  such  person  in  the  execution  of  the  duties 
required  of  him  by  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  or  laws 
of  the  state. 

IV— OFFENSES  AFFECTING  STREETS,  PROPERTY 
AND  MERCHANDISE 

§ 34.  Destruction  or  Injury  of  Public  Property  For- 
bidden. No  person  shall  wilfully  or  maliciously  destroy, 
injure,  deface  or  interfere  with  any  byidge,  engine  house  or 
other  house,  fire  engine,  fire  hose,  hose  carriage,  or  other 
property  of  said  city,  or  any  public  property  or  public  work. 

§ 35.  Excavation  in  Streets  Forbidden.  No  person  shall 
within  the  limits  of  this  city  dig  or  make  any  ditch,  drain  or 
other  excavation,  or  remove  any  sod,  earth,  sand,  gravel  or 
stone,  in,  upon  or  from  any  street,  avenue,  alley  or  public 
ground  within  this  city,  except  by  the  permission  and  under 
the  direction  of  the  Mayor. 

§ 36.  Breaking  or  Opening  into  Sewers  Forbidden.  No 
person  shall  within  the  limits  of  this  city  break  or  make  any 
opening  in  or  in  any  manner  injure  or  interfere  with  any  of 


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the  main  drains  or  sewers  of  said  city,  or  connect  any  drain, 
sewer  or  pipe  therewith,  without  permission  from  the  Council. 

§ 37.  Neglecting  to  Provide  Eave  Troughs  on  Buildings. 
No  person  owning,  occupying  or  possessing  a building  or 
structure  situated  upon  the  line  of  any  street,  avenue,  alley 
or  public  place  within  said  city  shall  fail  to  maintain  and 
keep  affixed  thereon  proper  and  sufficient  eave  troughs,  water 
conductors  and  spouts  to  prevent  water  from  falling  or  flow- 
ing from  such  building  or  structure  to  and  upon  the  sidewalk 
adjacent  thereto. 

§ 38.  Injury  to  Trees,  Fences,  Lamp  Posts,  etc.,  and 
Hitching  Horses  thereto  Forbidden.  No  person  shall  with- 
in the  limits  of  said  city  wilfully  or  carelessly  destroy  or 
injure  any  tree,  shrub,  fence,  railing,  lamp  post,  electric  light 
post  or  wire,  or  in  any  manner  cause  the  same  to  be  done,  or 
shall  hitch  or  fasten  any  horse  or  other  animal  to  or  so  near 
any  tree,  shrub,  fence,  railing,  lamp  post,  electric  light  post 
or  wire  as  to  render  the  same  liable  to  destruction  or  injury 
by  such  horse  or  other  animal. 

§ 39.  Depositing  Rubbish  in  Street  Forbidden — Proviso. 
No  person  shall  place  or  cause  to  be  deposited  on  any  street, 
alley  or  public  place  in  the  city  any  ashes,  paper,  rags,  sticks, 
blocks,  posts,  boards,  lumber  or  building  material  of  any  kind, 
shavings,  dirt,  tin  cans,  junk  or  other  rubbish  of  any  kind  or 
description,  or  to  allow  the  same  to  be  thrown,  placed  or  de- 
posited in  or  upon  any  street  or  avenue  adjacent  to  any 
premises  owned,  leased  or  controlled  by  any  person  or  per- 
sons, and  no  rubbish  of  any  kind  shall  hereafter  be  burned 
upon  any  street  or  avenue  in  said  city  nor  at  any  place  what-' 
soever  within  the  fire  limits  of  said  city;  and  no  box,  barrel 
or  other  receptacle  for  dirt,  ashes,  paper  or  other  rubbish  shall 
be  placed  or  allowed  to  remain  in  or  on  any  street  or  upon  any 
sidewalk  in  said  city,  or  upon  any  public  grounds  or  upon  any 
part  thereof ; nor  shall  any  person  leave  standing  therein  any 
wagon  or  other  vehicle  so  as  to  obstruct  or  render  inconveni- 
ent the  passage  of  other  persons  through  or  along  such  street, 


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alley  or  public  place.  Provided,  that  whenever  the  Council 
shall  have  ordered  improvements  to  be  made  upon  any  streets, 
alleys  or  public  grounds,  earth,  ashes  or  other  suitable 
material,  except  garbage,  filth  and  contents  of  privy  vaults 
and  sewers,  may  be  placed  thereon  under  the  direction  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements.  Any 
person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on 
conviction,  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  three  ($3) 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each 
offense,  and  to  a further  penalty  of  three  ($3)  dollars  for  each 
day  such  violation  shall  continue  or  such  articles  or  things 
shall  remain  contrary  to  this  section  after  the  said  conviction; 
and  the  owner,  lessee  or  occupant  of  every  house,  store  or 
other  premises  adjacent  to  which  any  of  the  articles  or  things 
contemplated  in  this  section  may  be  placed^or  found  shall  be 
liable  for  the  placing  or  permitting  of  the  same,  unless  it  can 
be  shown  that  some  other  person  placed  or  deposited  the 
thing  complained  of  at  the  place  where  it  may  be  found  with- 
out the  knowledge  or  consent  of  the  owner  or  occupant.  Pro- 
vided, that  no  person  shall  be  liable  to  suffer  any  penalty  un- 
der this  section,  in  case  of  obstruction  of  any  alley  in  the  man- 
ner therein  mentioned,  who  shall  remove  such  obstruction 
within  a reasonable  time  after  notice  so  to  do  by  the  said 
Commissioner,  Chief  of  Police  or  Mayor. 

§ 40.  Littering  Streets  Forbidden.  All  contractors, 
teamsters  and  proprietors  hauling  dirt,  sand,  gravel,  ashes, 
rubbish  or  other  material  on  streets  or  alleys  shall  so  con- 
struct, keep  and  maintain  their  wagon  boxes,  dumps  and  side- 
boards with  front  and  rear  ends  and  bottoms  as  at  all  times  to 
prevent  the  spilling  of  such  material  from  the  same,  and  in 
case  the  same  fall  into  the  streets  or  the  same  be  scattered  in 
any  street  or  avenue,  cause  the  same  to  be  forthwith  removed. 

That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  throw  or  place 
upon  the  surface  of  any  of  the  streets  or  sidewalks  of  this  city 
any  glass,  earthenware,  metal,  stones  or  other  articles  or  sub- 
stances likely  to  cause  injury  to  travelers  or  pedestrians  or  to 
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§ 41.  Placing  Combustible  Matter  on  Streets,  etc.  No 

person  shall  place,  dispose  or  throw  loose  papers,  rags  or 
other  combustible  material  in  any  alley,  street  or  avenue  or 
in  any  vacant  property  or  in  any  hall,  hallway,  vacant  room  or 
other  place  within  the  fire  limits  of  said  city  so  as  to  endanger 
or  make  hazardous  by  reason  of  possible  fire  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  thereof. 

That  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  is  hereby  invested 
with  all  the  power  and  authority  of  a police  officer  in  the  en- 
forcement of  this  section,  and  he  shall  have  full  authority  to 
arrest  and  take  before  the  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace  any  person  who  violates  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section. 

§ 42.  Rubbish  Not  to  be  Placed  in  Gutters.  No  person 
shall  sweep  rubbish  or  debris  from  sidewalks  into  street 
gutters  or  place  litter  of  any  sort  on  streets  or  in  gutters, 
without  immediately  destroying  the  same. 

§ 43.  Loose  Paper  on  Streets — Banana  or  Other  Peels. 

No  person  shall  place,  deposit  or  throw  loose  papers  in  any 
alley  or  street  within  said  city,  or  leave  the  same  in  such 
condition  that  the  same  may  become  scattered  or  blown  upon 
the  street,  nor  shall  any  person  throw,  cast,  lay  or  place  on 
any  sidewalk  in  said  city  the  rind  or  peel  of  any  banana, 
orange  or  other  fruit. 

§ 44.  Riding  of  Bicycles,  etc.,  on  Sidewalks.  No  per- 
son shall  ride  on  a bicycle,  tricycle,  velocipede  or  any  other 
vehicle,  conveyance  or  contrivance  whatever  on  or  over  any  of 
the  sidewalks  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island;  nor  shall  any  person 
ride  a bicycle  in  any  of  the  streets  of  said  city  unless  the 
same  shall  have  a bicycle  bell  attached  thereto;  nor  shall  any 
person  ride  a bicycle  on  any  of  the  streets  of  the  said  city  at 
night  without  a lighted  lantern  attached  thereto ; nor  shall  any 
person  ride  a bicycle  at  an  immoderately  fast  rate  of  speed  on 
any  of  the  streets  of  the  said  city,  nor  in  any  manner  endanger 
the  safety  of  pedestrians  at  the  crossings  of  said  streets.  In 


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no  case  shall  bicycle  riders  ride  upon  the  streets  of  said  city 
more  than  three  (3)  abreast. 

All  persons  riding  bicycles  shall  be  subject  to  the  laws 
and  ordinances  of  said  city  governing  drivers  of  other  vehi- 
cles upon  the  streets  of  said  city. 

§ 45.  Public  Squares — Trampling  Upon — Injuring  Trees, 
Shrubs,  Plucking  Flowers,  etc..  Forbidden.  It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person  or  persons  to  trample  over  or  upon  any 
part  or  portion  of  any  public  square  except  such  parts  as  may 
be  set  apart  for  walks  or  other  public  use,  or  injure,  deface, 
ruin  or  destroy  in  any  public  square  any  trees,  shrubs,  plants, 
flower  bed  or  grass  plot,  or  to  pluck  or  to  take  away  any 
flower,  tree  or  shrub,  or  to  encumber,  injure  or  deface  any  of 
the  seats,  signs,  waterworks  fixtures  or  buildings,  or  other 
property  in  said  squares,  or  to  take  away,  injure  or  destroy 
any  of  the  tools,  hose  or  other  implements  used  in  the  care  and 
preservation  of  the  squares,  or  in  any  way  to  meddle  or  inter- 
fere with  any  part  or  portion  of  said  squares,  the  furniture, 
fixtures  or  buildings  therein,  without  lawful  authority  so  to 
do,  or  turn  any  horse,  dog,  cow,  ox,  ass,  sheep,  hog  or  other 
such  animal  into  any  such  public  square,  park  or  grounds,  or 
walk  or  run  or  climb  around  or  upon  any  railing  or  fence  sur- 
rounding the  same,  or  erect  any  booth  or  stall  therein. 

§ 46.  Public  Squares — Scattering  Debris.  It  shall  be  un- 
lawful, and  it  is  hereby  declared  a nuisance,  for  any  person  to 
throw  upon  the  interior,  sidewalk,  grass,  flower  beds,  or  any 
other  place  in  any  public  square  or  park  within  the  limits  of 
this  city  peanut  shells,  popcorn,  banana  skins,  orange  peel- 
ings, paper  sacks,  or  litter  of  any  kind. 

§ 47.  Forestalling.  That  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
who  shall  dissuade  any  other  person,  firm  or  corporation  from 
bringing  any  coal,  wood  or  other  fuel  or  merchandise  into  the 
City  of  Rock  Island,  or  who  shall  practice  any  device  or  com- 
bine or  conspire  with  another  or  others,  or  commit  any  act 
with  intent  to  enhance  the  price  of  coal,  wood  or  other  fuel 
or  merchandise  whereby  any  consumer  or  purchaser  for 


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domestic  or  manufacturing  use  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
purchasing  any  of  said  coal,  wood  or  other  merchandise  shall 
be  compelled  to  pay  a greater  price  therefor  than  he  other- 
wise would  be  compelled  to  pay,  shall  be  deemed  and  found 
guilty  of  forestalling. 

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  found  guilty  of  fore- 
stalling as  defined  herein  shall  be  liable  to  a fine  in  a sum 
not  to  exceed  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars  for  each  offense, 
to  be  recovered  by  suit  by  the  City  of  Rock  Island  in  any 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction;  and  it  shall  be  a separate 
• offense  for  each  and  every  lot  or  parcel  of  said  coal,  wood  or 
other  fuel  or  merchandise  that  any  such  consumer  or  pur- 
chaser for  domestic  or  manufacturing  use  shall  be  so  com- 
pelled to  purchase  at  a greater  price  than  he  otherwise  would 
be  compelled  to  pay. 

§ 48.  Street  Car  Advertising.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  tack,  post,  paint  or  in 
any  way  affix  to  the  exterior  part  of  any  street  car  while  in 
the  streets  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  any  sign  advertising 
for  sale  goods  or  wares  of  any  kind. 

§ 49.  Unlawful  Use  of  Mail  Boxes.  That  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  place  or  cause 
to  be  placed  in  any  private  mail  box  used  by  the  letter  carriers 
of  said  city  as  a receptacle  in  which  to  deposit  United  States 
mail  any  circular,  letter,  note  or  other  advertising  matter 
whatsoever  not  contained  in  a sealed  envelope  and  directed 
to  the  owner  or  owners  of  said  mail  box,  except  newspapers 
distributed  by  newsboys. 

§ 50.  Obnoxious  Weeds.  That  whoever  shall  suffer  or 
permit  any  cockle  burrs,  thistles,  burdock  or  other  rank  and 
obnoxious  weeds  to  grow  or  to  be  in  or  upon  any  lot  or 
premises  owned  or  controlled  by  him  within  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  maintaining  a nuisance, 
and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  ($20) 
dollars  for  each  offense. 


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§ 51.  Trimming  of  Trees.  That  it  shall  be  necessary  for 
every  person  having  in  charge  any  tree  upon  any  street  or 
avenue  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  or  any  tree  which  extends 
over  on  any  street  or  avenue,  to  remove  all  branches  which 
are  less  than  twelve  (12)  feet  from  the  ground;  and  further, 
that  all  trees  shall  be  trimmed  so  as  not  to  obscure  or  obstruct 
the  city  lights  along  the  streets  and  avenues  of  said  city. 

§ 52.  Vagabonds  Defined.  All  persons  in  said  city  able 
to  support  themselves  in  some  honest  and  respectable  calling, 
business  or  occupation,  and  not  having  visible  means  to  main- 
tain themselves,  who  are  idle  and  dissolute,  and  who  go 
around  begging;  all  persons  who  use  any  juggling  or  other 
unlawful  games  or  plays;  runaways;  pilferers;  confidence 
men;  common  drunkards;  common  night  walkers;  lewd,  wan- 
ton and  lascivious  persons,  in  speech  or  behavior;  common 
railers  and  brawlers;  persons  who  are  habitually  neglectful 
of  their  employment  or  their  calling,  and  do  not  lawfully  pro- 
vide for  themselves  or  for  the  support  of  their  families;  and 
all  persons  who  are  idle  or  dissolute  and  who  neglect  all 
lawful  business,  and  who  habitually  misspend  their  time 
by  frequenting  houses  of  ill-fame,  gaming  houses  or  tippling 
shops;  all  persons  lodging  in  or  found  in  the  night  time  in 
outhouses,  sheds,  barns  or  unoccupied  buildings  or  lodging 
in  the  open  air  and  not  giving  a good  account  of  themselves; 
and  all  persons  who  are  known  to  be  thieves,  burglars  or 
pickpockets,  either  by  their  own  confession  or  otherwise,  or 
by  having  been  convicted  of  larceny,  burglary  or  other  crime 
against  the  laws  of  the  state  punishable  by  imprisonment  in 
the  state  prison  or  in  a house  of  correction  of  any  city,  and 
having  no  lawful  means  of  support,  or  habitually  found 
prowling  around  any  steamboat  landing,  railroad  depot, 
banking  institution,  broker’s  office,  place  of  public  amuse- 
ment, auction  room,  store,  shop  or  crowded  thoroughfare,  car 
or  omnibus,  or  at  any  public  gathering*or  assembly,  or  loung- 
ing about  any  court  room,  private  dwelling  houses  or  out- 
houses, or  found  in  any  house  of  ill-fame,  gambling  house 


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or  tippling  shop,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  and  they  are  declared 
to  be  vagabonds. 

Every  person,  on  conviction  for  being  a vagabond,  shall 
be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars. 


CHAPTER  34 

NUISANCES 

Section  1.  Nuisances  Defined.  That  within  the  terri- 
torial jurisdiction  of  this  city  it  is  hereby  declared  a nuisance 
for  any  person  or  persons  or  corporation; 

1.  Nuisance  at  Common  Law.  To  cause  any  of  those  acts 
or  omissions  that  are  declared  to  be  nuisances  by  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  Illinois,  and  such  as  are  known  as  nuisances  to 
the  common  law  of  the  land,  not  hereinafter  specially 
enumerated. 

2.  Dangerous  and  Unsafe  Building.  For  the  owner  or 
keeper  of  any  lot  or  premises  to  suffer  to  remain  thereon,  to 
the  annoyance  and  detriment  of  other  persons,  any  dilapidated 
or  unsafe  building  or  other  structure  liable  to  fall  or  take  fire, 
and  which,  by  reason  of  its  proximity  to  the  contiguous  or 
adjacent  buildings  and  premises  of  other  persons,  or  to  any 
public  thoroughfare,  or  otherwise  endangers  life  or  property. 

3.  Distillery — Rendering  Works.  To  carry  on,  use  or 
occupy  any  distillery  or  slaughtering  establishment,  or  estab- 
lishment for  steaming  or  rendering  lard,  tallow,  offal,  dead 
animals,  or  other  substance  of  like  nature,  within  the  limits  of 
the  city  without  permission  from  the  Council. 

4.  Offensive  Matter  in  River.  Within  the  limits  of  the 
city  to  allow  or  suffer  any  blood,  bone,  offal,  still-slop,  dead 
animals  or  other  offensive  matter  to  run,  fall  or  get  into  the 
Mississippi  river  or  either  of  the  branches  thereof,  or  any 
waters  connected  therewith. 


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5.  Not  to  Leave  Animal  Unburied.  For  the  owner  or 
possessor  of  any  dumb  animal  which  may  die  within  the  city 
to  leave  the  same  unburied  therein  for  more  than  twelve  hours 
after  its  death,  or  for  anyone  to  bring  and  leave  the  carcass 
of  any  such  animal  within  the  city  limits. 

6.  Storing  Hides  and  Fats.  For  any  person  or  persons  to 
place  or  store  within  the  limits  of  the  city  any  green  or  salted 
hides,  or  any  stale,  putrid,  or  stinking  fat,  grease  or  other 
matter,  so  that  the  odor  arising  from  the  same  shall  be 
offensive  to  or  detrimental  to  the  health  of  any  individual. 

7.  Business  Causing  Offensive  Smells.  For  any  person 
or  persons  to  use  any  building  or  other  place  within  the  limits 
of  the  city  for  the  exercise  of  any  trade,  employment,  or 
manufacture  which,  by  occasioning  noxious  exhalations, 
off'ensive  smells  or  otherwise  is  offensive  to  or  dangerous  to 
the  health  of  individuals  or  the  public. 

8.  Disposition  of  Offensive  Matter.  For  any  distiller, 
tanner,  brewer,  butcher,  pork  and  beef  packer,  soap-boiler, 
dyer,  livery  stable  keeper,  or  other  person  whatever,  to  cause 
or  suffer  any  offal,  manure,  rubbish,  filth,  still-slops,  or  any 
refuse  animal  or  vegetable  matter,  or  any  foul  or  nauseous 
liquid  to  be  discharged  out  of  or  flow  from  any  premises 
owned  or  occupied  by  him,  or  for  any  such  substance  liable  to 
become  putrid  to  remain  on  any  premises  owned  or  occupied 
by  him  for  a period  longer  than  twelve  hours  at  any  one 
time  from  the  first  day  of  March  to  the  first  day  of  November 
in  any  one  year,  or  a period  exceeding  forty-eight  hours  ^at 
any  other  time  of  the  year;  or  to  allow  or  suffer  any  such  sub- 
stance to  be  thrown  into,  deposited,  or  left  in  or  upon  any 
street,  alley,  or  public  place  within  the  limits  of  the  city. 

9.  Premises  to  be  Kept  Clean.  To  keep  or  suffer  to  be 
kept  within  the  city  limits  in  a foul,  offensive,  nauseous,  or 
filthy  condition  any  railroad  car,  building,  yard,  cellar,  sewer, 
privy,  lot  or  premises. 

10.  Slaughter  of  Animals.  To  kill  or  slaughter  any 
beeves,  hogs,  sheep,  or  other  animals  within  the  city  limits,  to 


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the  injury,  discomfort,  or  annoyance  of  any  inhabitants  of  the 
neighborhood. 

11.  Keeping  Cattle  and  Fowls.  To  keep  hogs,  cattle, 
sheep,  horses,  or  mules  in  a pen  or  stable  in  such  manner  that 
an  olfensive  odor  arises  therefrom,  to  the  injury,  discomfort 
or  annoyance  of  any  inhabitants  of  the  neighborhood  thereof, 
or  to  suffer  any  yard,  pen  or  premises  where  chickens,  geese, 
ducks,  turkeys,  peacocks,  pigeons,  guinea  fowl,  or  other  fowl 
are  kept  or  maintained  to  become  filthy  or  nauseous  to  any 
person  or  family  in  the  neighborhood,  or  become  deleterious 
to  public  health. 

12.  Opening  Privy  Vault.  To  open  any  privy  vault  or 
disturb  or  remove  the  contents  thereof,  except  by  the  permit 
and  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the  Commissioner 
of  Health. 

13.  Throwing  Garbage  in  Street.  To  throw  or  deposit 
any  filth,  offal,  garbage,  or  any  offensive  matter  in  any  street, 
avenue,  alley  or  public  ground  of  said  city. 

14.  How  Offensive  Matter  to  be  Conveyed.  To  convey 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  any  offal,  filth,  garbage,  refuse, 
animal  or  vegetable  matter  which  is  putrid,  or  which  creates 
an  offensive  smell,  or  is  injurious  to  health,  otherwise  than  in 
a closed  covered  wagon  box  or  in  tight  and  covered  boxes, 
barrels  or  vessels,  and  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Health. 

15.  No  Encroachment  on  Sidewalks  or  Streets.  To  build 
or  construct  the  frames  of  any  cellar  door  or  cellar  way  in  any 
sidewalk,  street  or  alley  above  the  level  of  the  sidewalk, 
street,  or  alley,  or  to  leave  such  door  open  at  any  time  except 
when  actually  used  to  put  goods  or  merchandise  into  the 
cellar  or  basement. 

16.  No  Steps  Allowed  on  Sidewalks.  To  build  any 
steps  from  the  sidewalk  to  the  first  floor  of  any  building 
above  the  level  of  the  same. 


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17.  Opening  Streets — Permission  Required.  To  dig  or 
break  up  in  any  manner  any  part  of  any  street,  sidewalk,  alley 
or  public  ground  in  the  city,  or  raise  or  break  any  part  of  the 
curbstone  therein,  without  permission  previously  obtained 
from  the  street  superintendent  and  under  his  supervision. 
And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  person  making  any  excavation 
in  the  streets,  alleys  or  public  places  of  the  city,  or  obstructing 
the  same  by  building  material,  or  otherwise,  to  suitably  pro- 
tect the  same  by  day  and  night  in  such  way  as  to  prevent 
accidents  therefrom  to  persons  or  animals  passing  near  the 
same;  any  neglect  so  to  do  shall  be  considered  a violation  of 
this  ordinance. 

18.  Space  on  Sidewalks  That  May  be  Occupied.  To 
place  or  cause  to  be  placed  on  any  sidewalk  in  the  city  or  to 
suspend  over  the  same  any  wares,  goods  or  merchandise  or 
other  thing  so  as  to  extend  or  project  over  such  sidewalk  more 
than  two  and  one-half  (2^)  feet  from  the  property  or  lot  line. 
Provided,  that  this  shall  not  be  construed  as  to  prohibit  mier- 
chants  and  others  engaged  in  trade  from  the  free  use  of  the 
streets  and  sidewalks  in  common  with  others  in  conveying 
merchandise  and  other  property  to  and  from  their  stores 
while  engaged  in  receiving  or  delivering  goods,  nor  to  pro- 
hibit any  person  from  unloading  in  a proper  manner  coal, 
firewood,  or  other  articles  proper  to  be  placed  on  the  street, 
or  conveying  the  same  across  the  sidewalk  to  and  from  his 
own  lot  or  tenement.  But  no  person  shall  abuse  this  privilege 
by  unnecessarily  obstructing  the  sidewalk  in  such  manner. 

§ 2.  Removal  of  Nuisances.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Chief  of  Police,  upon  information  or  knowledge  of  the  exist- 
ence of  any  of  the  aforementioned  nuisances,  to  investigate 
the  same,  and  if  satisfied  of  the  existence  of  such  nuisances, 
to  give  the  person  or  corporation  responsible  for  the  same  or 
upon  whose  premises  it  exists  reasonable  notice  to  abate, 
remove  or  cause  the  same  to  cease,  and  upon  neglect  or  refusal 
so  to  do,  to  enter,  if  need  be,  in  a lawful  manner  upon  such 
premises  and  remove  or  abate  such  nuisance  at  the  expense  of 
the  person  or  corporation  causing  the  same,  and  to  enter  com- 


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plaint  before  the  proper  magistrate  against  such  person  or 
corporation. 

§ 3.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Whoever  violates  any  sec- 
tion or  clause  of  this  ordinance  by  causing  or  permitting  any 
nuisance  and  does  not  abate  or  remove  the  same  after  a 
reasonable  notice  from  the  Chief  of  Police,  or  repeats  the 
same  after  such  notice  given,  shall  be  fined  a sum  not  less 
than  one  ($1)  dollar  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  ($100) 
dollars  for  the  first  offense;  and  if  any  such  person  or  corpor- 
ation shall  continue  a nuisance  an  unreasonable  length  of 
time,  or  repeat  the  same  after  being  fined  for  such  offense,  a 
new  cause  of  action  shall  forthwith  accrue  against  such  per- 
son or  corporation,  subjecting  the  offender  to  a like  penalty  as 
aforesaid;  and  so  on  after  the  rendition  of  each  fine  such  con- 
tinuance or  repetition  of  such  nuisance  shall  be  deemed  a new 
cause  of  action,  subjecting  the  offender  to  a like  penalty  as 
aforesaid. 


Section  1.  Officers  Appointed  by  Council  — Term  of 
Office — Vacancies — Removal.  In  addition  to  the  city  officers 
designated  and  made  elective  by  state  laws  relating  to  the 
city,,  and  the  officers  otherwise  designated  by  city  ordinance, 
there  shall  be  the  following  officers  of  said  city,  viz:  A 

Chief  of  Police,  an  Assistant  Chief  or  Night  Captain,  two 
city  detectives,  such  number  of  policemen  as  the  Council  may 
from  time  to  time  determine  upon,  an  Assistant  Superintend- 
ent of  Streets,  a City  Attorney,  a City  Treasurer,  Superin- 
tendent of  Buildings,  Plumbing  Inspector,  City  Electrician, 
City  Inspector,  a City  Engineer,  one  Chief  of  the  Eire  De- 
partment, one  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  such 
number  of  firemen  as  the  Council  may  from  time  to  time 
determine  upon,  one  City  Physician,  five  Park  Commission- 
ers, nine  members  of  the  Library  Board,  three  Trustees  of 


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Officers 


the  City  Tuberculosis  Sanitarium;  these  and  all  other 
appointive  officers  are  to  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  and  the 
respective  Commissioners  as  superintendents  of  the  various 
departments  of  the  city  government  as  may  be  by  ordinance 
provided,  and  such  appointments  are  to  be  made  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  Council  at  or  as  soon  as  practicable 
after  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Council  held  next  after 
each  general  election,  and  they  shall  hold  such  offices  until 
their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.  Vacancies  in 
any  of  the  offices  named  and  appointed  as  aforesaid  shall  be 
filled  by  appointment  in  like  manner  for  the  unexpired  por- 
tion of  the  term.  All  officers  so  appointed  shall  be  subject 
to  removal  by  the  Council  on  any  formal  charge  whenever 
the  Council  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  the  interests  of  the 
city  demand  such  removal. 

§ 2.  Oath — Bond — Commission — Duties — -Emoluments. 
All  officers  of  said  city,  whether  elected  or  appointed,  shall 
make  oath,  giving  bond  and  be  commissioned,  have  such 
powers,  perform  such  duties,  be  subject  to  such  regulations 
and  penalties,  and  receive  such  emoluments  as  are  or  may  be 
provided  by  the  laws  of  the  state  and  the  ordinances  of  said 
city. 

The  following  named  are  city  officers  and  shall  furnish 
to  the  City  of  Rock  Island  bonds  conditioned  upon  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  their  duties  in  the  amounts  following 
their  respective  names:  City  Clerk,  $50,000.00;  City  Attor- 

ney, $1,000.00;  City  Treasurer,  $335,000.00;  Chief  of  Police, 
$2,000.00;  Assistant  Chief  of  Police,  $1,000.00;  Policeman  and 
Police  Matron,  $500.00;  Chief  of  Fire  Department,  $3,000.00; 
Assistant  Chief  of  Fire  Department,  $2,000.00;  City  Electri- 
cian, $1,000.00;  Health  Commissioner,  $2,000.00;  Superintend- 
ent of  Water  Works,  $10,000.00;  City  Inspector,  $1,000.00; 
City  Engineer,  $3,000.00;  Analyst,  $1,000.00;  Assistant  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  $1,000.00;  Park  Superintendent, 
$3,000.00;  Superintendent  of  Buildings,  $2,000.00;  Plumbing 
Inspector,  $2,000.00;  Electrical  Inspector,  $2,000.00;  Barn 
Boss,  $1,000.00;  Scavenger,  $500.00.  The  said  bonds  shall  be 


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filed  wi]:h  the  City  Clerk  within  fifteen  days  after  appoint- 
ment of  the  officer  by  the  Council,  except  the  bond  of  the 
City  Clerk,  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Treasurer. 

§ 3.  Board  of  Local  Improvements.  That  the  Board  of 
Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  shall 
consist  of  the  members  of  the  Council  of  said  city.  The 
Mayor  shall  be  President  of  said  Board  and  the  Public  or 
City  Engineer  shall  be  the  Engineer  of  said  Board. 

§ 4.  Inspector  to  Give  Bond.  That  every  person  ap- 
pointed by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  to  act  as  in- 
spector on  city  work,  to  be  paid  for  by  special  assessment  or 
special  taxation,  shall  furnish  a good  and  sufficient  bond  in 
the  amount  of  ten  (10%)  per  cent  of  the  estimated  cost  of  the 
improvement.  The  bond  shall  be  conditioned  upon  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  the  duties  of  such  inspector,  and  shall  be 
signed  by  the  said  inspector  and  at  least  one  surety.  Said 
bond  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  and  filed  with  the  City 
Clerk  before  said  inspector  begins  work. 

§ 5.  Humane  Officer.  An  officer  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety,  for  a period 
of  one  year,  and  he  shall  be  designated  as  the  Humane  Officer 
and  shall  have  all  of  the  powers  of  a police  officer.  It  shall 
be  his  duty  to  enforce  the  laws  of  the  State,  of  Illinois  and  the 
ordinances  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  relating  to  the  pre- 
vention of  cruelty  to  animals  and  children.  He  shall  serve 
without  compensation  from  the  city. 

§ 6.  Visiting  Nurse  and  Deputy.  The  offices  of  Visiting 
Nurse  and  Deputy  Visiting  Nurse  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
are  hereby  created. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Visiting  Nurse  to  care  for 
and  nurse  all  female  prisoners  of  said  city  who  need  the 
services  of  a nurse,  and  it  shall  be  her  duty  to  attend  the 
wants  and  needs  of  such  other  sick  persons  in  the  said  city  as 
are  unable  to  employ  a nurse. 


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It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Deputy  Visiting  Nurse  to  assist 
the  Visiting  Nurse  in  all  the  duties  prescribed  for  her  and  to 
act  as  Visiting  Nurse  in  case  of  disability  or  absence  of  said 
Visiting  Nurse. 

Said  nurses  shall  serve  without  compensation  from  the  city. 

§ 7.  City  Stenographer.  The  office  of  City  Stenographer 
is  hereby  created,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  attend  to  such 
duties  as  the  Mayor  and  City  Commissioners  may  require  or 
designate. 

§ 8.  Barn  Boss — Duties.  That  there  is  hereby  created 
the  office  of  barn  boss,  which  office  shall  be  in  the  depart- 
ments of  the  Commissioner  of  Streets  and  Public  Improve- 
ments and  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety. 

The  barn  boss  shall  receive  a salary  of  fifty-five  ($55) 
dollars  per  month,  payable  semi-monthly,  and  in  addition 
shall  have  free  dwelling,  heat,  water  and  light  for  himself 
and  family  in  the  city  barn. 

The  barn  boss  is  to  be  custodian  of  the  city  barn  and  is 
to  have  the  care  and  custody  of  all  city  animals,  equipment 
and  property  kept  therein. 

§9.  Drivers  and  Employes — Time  of  Service.  All 

drivers  of  city  teams  shall  be  at  the  city  barn  forty-five  (45) 
minutes  before  starting  time,  in  order  to  clean  the  horses ; 
and  they  shall  remain  in  the  barn  fifteen  (15)  minutes  after 
the  day’s  work  to  rub  oft*  the  horses.  An  hour’s  extra  pay 
will  be  allowed  for  this  service.  All  teams  and  laborers 
shall  start  out  of  the  city  barn  promptly  at  8:00  o’clock  a.  m., 
and  work  shall  continue  until  5:00  o’clock  p.  m.,  allowing  one 
hour  at  noon. 

Eight  hours  shall  constitute  a day’s  work  for  all  laborers 
and  teams  employed  in  the  Street,  Health  and  Water  Works 
Departments  of  the  city. 

§10.  Property  and  Effects  to  be  Delivered  to  Successor — 
Liability  and  Penalty  for  Refusal.  Any  person  having  been 


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an  officer  of  said  city  shall,  within  five  days  after  notification 
and  request,  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office  all  property, 
books  and  effects  of  every  description  in  his  possession,  be- 
longing to  said  city,  or  appertaining  to  his  said  office;  and 
upon  his  refusal  to  do  so,  he  shall  be  liable  for  all  the  dam- 
ages caused  thereby,  and  also  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than 
twenty  ($20)  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  ($200)  dol- 
lars, in  the  discretion  of  the  court  or  magistrate  before  whom 
conviction  may  be  had. 

§ 11.  Free  Transportation  to  City  Officers  and  Employes. 
That  every  public  service  corporation  and  utility  owning  or 
operating  in  or  through  this  city  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  issue  and  grant  free  service  and  transportation 
to  the  members  of  the  police  and  fire  departments  of  this  city, 
and  other  city  employes  not  prohibited  by  law;  and  also  issue 
free  transportation  or  reduced  service  to  its  own  employes 
and  attorneys  and  their  families,  and  to  issue  exchange  free 
transportation  to  the  employes  and  attorneys,  and  their 
families,  of  other  public  service  corporations. 


CHAPTER  3b 

ORDINANCES 

Section  1.  Construction  of  Ordinances  — General  Rule. 
In  the  construction  of  all  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  which 
may  hereafter  be  passed,  the  following  rule  shall  be  observed, 
unless  such  construction  is  excluded  by  express  provision 
of  the  ordinance,  or  is  inconsistent  with  the  manifest  intent 
of  the  Council,  or  repugnant  to  the  context  of  the  same  ordi- 
nance, that  is  to  say:  (1)  All  general  provisions,  terms, 

phrases  and  expressions  shall  be  liberally  construed,  in  order 
that  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  the  Council  may  be  fully 
carried  out.  (2)  Words  in  the  present  tense  include  the 
future.  (3)  Words  importing  the  singular  number  may  ex- 
tend and  may  be  applied  to  several  persons  or  things,  and 
words  importing  the  plural  number  may  include  the  singular. 


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(4)  Words  importing  the  masculine  gender  may  be  applied 
to  females.  (5)  The  word  “person”  or  “persons,”  as  well  as 
all  words  referring  to  or  importing  persons,  may  extend  and 
be  applied  to  bodies  politic  and  corporate,  as  well  as  in- 
dividuals. (6)  Words  purporting  to  give  a joint  authority 
to  three  or  more  public  officers  or  other  persons  shall  be  con- 
strued as  giving  such  authority  to  a majority  of  such  officers 
or  persons.  (7)  The  word  “heretofore,”  shall  mean  any  time 
previous  to  the  day  on  which  the  ordinance  takes  effect,  and 
the  word  “hereafter”  at  any  time  after  such  day.  (8)  The 
term  “laws  or  ordinances  now  in  force,”  and  words  of  similar 
import,  shall  mean  the  laws  and  ordinances  in  force  at  the  time 
the  ordinances  containing  the  words  takes  effect.  (9)  The 
term  “court”  includes  courts  not  of  record  as  well  as  courts 
of  record ; and  terms  “magistrate,”  “police  magistrate,”  and 
“justice  of  the  peace,”  shall  each  be  held  to  include  the  others. 
(10)  The  term  “Mayor”  shall  apply  as  well  to  the  “acting 
mayor.” 

§ 2.  Ordinances  Repealed  to  Remain  in  Force  Until  Re- 
pealing Ordinance  Takes  Effect.  WTenever  any  ordinance 
or  part  of  any  ordinance  that  is  required  by  law  to  be  pub- 
lished shall  be  repealed  or  modified  by  a subsequent  ordi- 
nance, the  ordinance  or  part  of  ordinance  thus  repealed  or 
modified  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  due  publication  of 
the  ordinance  repealing  or  modifying  the  same  shall  take 
effect,  unless  therein  otherwise  expressly  provided. 

§ 3.  When  Offense  is  Punishable  Under  Different  Ordi- 
nances— Prosecutor  May  Elect.  In  all  cases  when  the  same 
act  or  offense  may  be  punishable  under  different  ordinances 
or  different  clauses  of  the  same  ordinance  of  the  city,  the 
prosecuting  officer  may  elect  under  which  of  said  ordinances 
or  clauses  to  proceed,  but  not  more  than  one  recovery  shall  be 
had  against  the  same  person  for  the  same  offense. 

§ 4.  Penalty  for  Breach  of  Ordinance  — Where  no 
Penalty  has  Been  Provided  Therefor.  Whenever  in  any 
ordinance  the  doing  or  omission  of  any  act  is  declared  to  be 
a breach  thereof  or  forbidden,  and  no  fine  or  penalty  is 


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specifically  provided  for  such  breach,  any  person  convicted 
of  any  such  breach  shall  be  adjudged  to  pay  a penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100) 
' dollars. 

§ 5.  Repeal  of  a Repealing  Ordinance  Not  to  Revive  the 
Former  One.  When  any  ordinance  repealing  any  former 
ordinance,  clause  or  provision  shall  itself  be  repealed,  such 
last  repeal  shall  not  be  construed  to  revive  the  former  original 
ordinance,  clause  or  provision,  unless  therein  so  expressly 
provided. 

§ 6.  Rights,  etc..  Saved.  No  new  ordinance  shall  be  con- 
strued to  repeal  a former  ordinance,  whether  such  former 
ordinance  is  expressly  repealed  or  not,  as  to  any  offense  com- 
mitted against  the  former  ordinance,  or  as  to  any  one  act 
done,  any  penalty,  forfeiture,  or  punishment  incurred,  or 
any  right  accrued  or  claim  arising  under  the  former  ordi- 
nance, or  in  any  way  whatever  to  affect  any  such  offense  or 
act  so  committed  or  done,  or  any  penalty,  forfeiture  or  pun- 
ishment so  incurred,  or  any  claim  arising  before  the  new 
ordinance  takes  effect,  save  only  that  the  proceedings  there- 
after shall  conform,  so  far  as  practicable,  to  the  ordinances 
in  force  at  the  time  of  such  proceeding.  If  any  penalty,  for- 
feiture or  punishment  be  mitigated  by  any  provision  of  a 
new  ordinance,  such  provision  may,  by  the  consent  of  the 
party  affected,  be  applied  to  any  judgment  pronounced  after 
the  new  ordinance  takes  effect.  This  section  shall  extend 
to  all  repeals,  either  by  express  words  or  by  implication. 

§ 7.  Improvement  Bonds — How  Issued.  All  bonds  is- 
sued by  this  city  for  the  purpose  of  anticipating  the  collection 
of  the  second  and  succeeding  installments  of  any  special  tax 
or  special  assessment  levied  for  any  local  improvement  shall 
be  executed  and  issued  in  the  manner  and  form  as  provided 
by  law,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  of 
the  City  of  Rock  Island  for  and  in  behalf  of  the  City  of  Rock 
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CHAPTER  37 

PARKS  AND  PARK  COMMISSIONERS 

Section  1.  Park  Commissioners  Appointed  by  Mayor. 
There  is  hereby  created  a Board  of  Park  Commissioners  for 
the  City  of  Rock  Island,  consisting  of  five  members,  the 
same  to  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  with  the  advice  and  con- 
sent of  the  Council,  the  same  to  hold  office  for  the  term  of 
three  years  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and 
qualified.  Provided,  however,  that  of  the  first  board  ap- 
pointed one  shall  hold  office  for  one  year,  two  for  two  years, 
and  two  for  three  years.  All  commissioners  shall  serve 
without  salary. 

§ 2.  Territories  of  Commissioners.  The  said  Board  of 
Park  Commissioners  shall  have  the  oversight,  care  and 
charge  of  all  the  parks  and  public  squares  within  the  limits 
of  the  city.  As  soon  as  they  are  appointed  and  have  quali- 
fied, they  shall  meet  and  appoint  one  of  their  number  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board,  another  Secretary  of  the  Board  and  a third 
Treasurer  of  the  Board. 

§ 3.  Duties — Accounts  of  Expense — Report  to  Council. 

The  Park  Commissioners  shall  have  the  care,  preservation 
and  improvement  of  the  public  parks  and  public  squares 
within  the  city,  the  trees,  plants,  walks  in  and  around  said 
parks  and  squares  and  furniture  thereof.  Any  money  appro- 
priated by  the  Council  for  such  purposes  shall  be  expended 
under  their  direction.  All  accounts  for  labor  or  other  neces- 
sary expenses  shall  be  reported  to  the  Council.  At  the  close 
of  each  fiscal  year  the  commissioners  shall  make  an  annual 
report  to  the  Council  of  all  moneys  received  and  expended 
by  them,  and  shall  make  a report  at  any  other  time  when  re- 
quired by  the  Council. 

§ 4.  Park  Commissioners  to  be  Conservators  of  Peace. 
The  Superintendent  of  Parks  and  each  Park  Commissioner  is 
hereby  constituted  a conservator  of  the  peace,  and  shall  have 
power  to  arrest,  with  or  without  warrant,  any  person  who  may 


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in  their  presence  violate  any  ordinance  of  this  city  relating 
to  public  parks;  and  in  addition  to  the  duties  imposed  upon 
said  commissioners  by  this  ordinance  they  shall  perform  such 
other  duties  as  may  be  imposed  by  any  law  of  the  state. 

§ 5.  Oath — Bond.  Every  person  appointed  to  the  office 
of  Park  Commissioner  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office,  take  the  oath  of  office  required  by  law,  and  shall 
execute  to  the  City  of  Rock  Island  a bond  in  a sum  not  less 
than  five  hundred  ($500)  dollars,  with  one  or  more  sureties, 
to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  conditioned  as  required 
by  law. 

§ 6.  Garnsey  Square.  That  the  public  square  in  said  city 
bounded  by  Third  and  Fourth  avenues  and  Fifth  and  Sixth 
streets  shall  be  called  and  known  as  Garnsey  square,  in  com- 
menrioration  of' Hon.  Daniel  G.  Garnsey,  who,  with  his  associ- 
ates, laid  out  the  addition  in  which  said  square  is  situated,  and 
donated  his  interest  in  said  square  to  the  public. 

§ 7.  Stephenson  Square.  The  public  square  in  said  city 
bounded  by  Second  and  Third  avenues  find  Fourteenth  and 
Fifteenth  streets  shall  be  called  and  known  as  Stephenson 
square,  in  commemoration  of  Colonel  Benjamin  Stephenson, 
for  whom  the  town  of  Stephenson  (now  City  of  Rock  Island) 
was  named  by  the  law  locating  said  town. 

§ 8.  Spencer  Square.  The  public  square  in  said  city 
bounded  by  Second  and  Third  avenues  and  Nineteenth  and 
Twentieth  streets  shall  be  called  and  known  as  Spencer 
square,  in  commemoration  of  the  Hon.  John  W.  Spencer,  who 
donated  his  interest  in  said  square  to  the  public. 

§ 9.  Long  View  Park.  The  park  located  on  the  follow- 
ing described  lands,  to-wit : Beginning  at  a point  on  the 

south  line  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  two  (2),  in 
township  seventeen  117)  north,  range  two  (2),  west  of  the 
fourth  (4th)  principal  meridian,  which  is  distant  east  one 
thousand  and  twenty-seven  and  seven-tenths  (1,027.7)  feet 
from  the  point  where  the  center  line  of  Twelfth  (12th)  street 
in  the  said  City  of  Rock  Island  intersects  said  quarter  section 


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line,  and  which  said  first  mentioned  point  is  distant  two  hun- 
'dred  and  twelve  and  five-tenths  (212.5)  feet,  more  or  less,  west 
from  the  southeast  corner  of  said  quarter  section,  and  running 
thence  east  along  the  south  line  of  said  quarter  section  and 
the  south  line  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said  section  two  (2) 
one  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty-eight  and  four-tenths 
(1,258.4)  feet  to  the  point  where  said  last  named  line  is  inter- 
sected by  the  west  line  of  said  Seventeenth  (17th)  street; 
thence  running  northwestwardly  along  the  west  line  of  said 
Seventeenth  (17th)  street  one  thousand  six  'hundred  and 
twenty-four  and  nine-tenths  (1,624.9)  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the 
south  line  of  Twelfth  (12th)  avenue  in  said  city;  thence 
running  westwardly  along  the  south  line  of  said  Twelfth 
(12th)  avenue  eight  hundred  and  eighteen  and  six-tenths 
(818.6)  feet  to  a point  in  the  prolongation  of  Fifteenth  (15th) 
street  in  said  city,  and  thence  running  south  one  thousand  five 
hundred  and  forty-nine  and  five-tenths  (1,549.5)  feet  to  the 
place  of  beginning,  shall  be  known,  called  and  designated  as 
Long  View  Park. 

§ 10.  Denkmann  Square.  The  public  square  located  on 
Block  49,  Chicago  or  Lower  Addition  to  city,  which  is 
bounded  by  Fourth  and  Fifth  streets  and  Fifth  and  Sixth 
avenues  shall  be  named  and  known  as  Denkmann  square,  in 
honor  of  the  donors,  Frederick  C.  Denkmann  and  Rhoda  Lee 
Denkmann,  his  wife. 

§ 11.  Douglas  Park.  The  park  located  on  the  following 
described  lands,  to-wit : Commencing  at  an  iron  rod  four  (4) 

feet  in  length,  driven  in  the  ground  for  a monument,  which 
monument  is  situate  at  a point  in  a straight  line  drawn  from 
another  point  [herein  described  as  point  number  two  (2)] 
to  another  point  [herein  described  as  point  number  three  (3)], 
said  point  number  two  (2)  being  situate  in  the  south  line  of 
Eleventh  (11th)  avenue  in  said  City  of  Rock  Island,  distant, 
measured  along  said  last  named  line,  three  hundred  and 
ninety-one  (391)  feet  east  from  the  intersection  of  said  last 
named  line  with  the  east  line  of  Ninth  (9th)  street  in  said 
city,  and  said  point  number  three  (3)  being  situate  in  the 


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north  line  of  Eighteenth  (18th)  avenue  in  said  city,  distant, 
measured  along  said  last  named  line,  four  hundred  and 
twenty-nine  and  two-tenths  (429.2)  feet  east  from  the  inter- 
section of  said  last  named  line  with  the  east  line  of  said  Ninth 
(9th)  street ; said  monument  being  distant,  measured  along 
said  above  mentioned  straight  line,  ten  hundred  and  twenty- 
six  (1,026)  feet  north  from  said  north  line  of  said  Eighteenth 
(18th)  avenue  and  twelve  hundred  and  sixty  (1,260)  feet  south 
from  said  south  line  of  said  Eleventh  (Hth)  avenue;  thence 
from  said  monument  running  southwardly  along  said  straight 
line  twenty  (20)  feet,  thence  running  eastwardly  and  parallel 
with  said  south  line  of  said  Eleventh  (11th)  avenue  thirty  (30) 
feet,  for  a starting  point  or  place  of  beginning;  thence  from 
said  starting  point  or  place  of  beginning  running  south- 
wardly and  parallel  with  said  straight  line  ten  hundred  and 
six  and  twenty-five  hundredths  (1,006.25)  feet  to  the  said 
north  line  of  said  Eighteenth  avenue;  thence  running  west- 
wardly  along  said  north  line  of  said  Eighteenth  (18th)  avenue 
four  hundred  and  fifty-nine  and  two-tenths  (459.2)  feet,  more 
or  less,  to  the  east  line  of  Ninth  (9th)  street;  thence  running 
northwardly  along  said  east  line  of  said  Ninth  (9th)  street 
ten  hundred  and  three  and  seven-tenths  (1,003.7)  feet;  thence 
running  eastwardly  and  parallel  with  said  south  line  of  said 
Eleventh  (11th)  avenue  four  hundred  and  sixty-three  and 
seventy-five  hundredths  (463.75)  feet,  more  or  less,  to  said 
starting  point  or  place  of  beginning;  said  premises  being 
situated  in  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  two  (2),  town- 
ship seventeen  (17)  north,  range  two  (2),  west  of  the  fourth 
(4th)  principal  meridian,  shall  be  known,  called  and  desig- 
nated as  Douglas  Park. 

§ 12.  Lincoln  Park.  The  park  located  on  the  following 
described  lands,  to-wit:  Beginning  at  a point  on  the  east 

side  of  Thirty-eighth  (38th)  street  thirty  (30)  feet  east  of  the 
southwest  corner  of  section  thirty-one  (31),  township  eighteen 
(18)  north,  range  one  (1),  west  of  the  fourth  (4th)  principal 
meridian,  thence  north  on  the  east  line  of  Thirty-eighth 
street  eight  hundred  and  twenty-three  and  three-tenths  (823.3) 
feet  to  the  Flack  & Bean  Indian  boundary  line;  thence  east  on 


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said  Indian  boundary  line  twelve  hundred  and  seventy-six 
(1,276)  feet  to  the  west  line  of  Forty-second  (42d)  street; 
thence  south  on  the  west  line  of  Forty-second  street  eight 
hundred  and  forty-four  (844)  feet  to  the  township  line;  thence 
west  on  the  township  line  twelve  hundred  and  eighty-five  and 
seventeen-hundredths  (1,285.17)  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
shall  be  known,  called  and  designated  as  Lincoln  Park. 

§ 13.  Park  Board  in  Charge  of  Boulevard.  The  Park 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  shall  have 
charge  of  the  boulevard  on  Seventh  avenue  from  Thirty-fifth 
street  to  Forty-sixth  street,  and  shall  have  the  right  and 
authority  to  care  therefor  and  beautify  it  as  they  shall  deem 
appropriate. 

§ 14.  Plays  and  Games  Prohibited  in — Penalty.  No  per- 
son shall  play  at  ball  or  cricket  or  at  any  other  game  whatso- 
ever in  any  inclosed  public  square,  park  or  grounds  of  this 
city;  or  walk,  stand  or  lie  upon  any  part  of  any  inclosed  pub- 
lic square,  park  or  grounds  laid  out  or  appropriated  for 
shrubbery  or  grass,  or  trample  upon,  pull  up  or  otherwise 
injure  or  destroy  any  such  grass  or  shrubbery;  or  turn  any 
horse,  cow,  ox,  ass,  sheep,  hog  or  other  such  animal  into  any 
such  public  square,  park  or  grounds,  or  walk,  or  run,  or  climb 
around  or  upon  any  railings  or  fence  surrounding  the  same,  or 
erect  any  booth  or  stall  therein,  under  a penalty  not  exceeding 
twenty  ($20)  dollars  for  every  such  offense.  Provided,  how- 
ever, that  baseball  and  other  athletic  games  may  be  played  in 
such  places  in  city  parks  as  shall  be' designated  by  the  Park 
Commissioners ; and  the  said  commissioners  may  allow  such 
other  proper  use  of  said  parks  as  will  not  be  inconsistent  with 
their  use  as  public  parks. 

§ 15.  Advertising  Structures.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  erect,  or  cause  to  be  erected, 
a structure  of  any  kind  or  character  within  five  hundred  (500) 
feet  of  any  public  park  or  boulevard  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  of  Rock  Island  for  the  purpose  of  placing  advertisements 
of  any  kind  or  character  thereon.  Upon  conviction  of  viola- 
tion of  this  section  the  offender  shall  be  liable  to  a fine  of  not 
more  than  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  38 

PAWN  SHOPS  AND  JUNK  YARDS 

Section  1.  To  be  Licensed.  No  person  or  persons  shall 
carry  on  or  conduct  the  business  or  calling  of  a pawnbroker 
within  said  city  without  a license  so  to  do,  under  the  penalty 
herein  prescribed. 

§ 2.  Pawnbroker  Defined.  Any  person  who  loans  money 
on  deposit  or  pledge  of  personal  property,  bonds,  notes  or 
other  securities,  or  who  deals  in  the  purchasing  of  personal 
property  or  choses  in  action  on  condition  of  selling  the  same 
back  again  at  a stipulated  price  is  hereby  defined  and  declared 
to  be  a pawnbroker. 

§ 3.  License  How  Obtained — Terms — Bond.  The  City 
Clerk,  with  approval  of  the  Mayor,  may  grant  a pawnbroker’s 
license  to  any  person  of  good  character  who  may  apply  there- 
for, upon  such  person  giving  bond  with  approved  security  in 
the  sum  of  five  hundred  ($500)  dollars  conditioned  upon  the 
faithful  observance  of  all  ordinances  of  said  city  applicable 
to  the  business  so  licensed,  and  paying  to  the  City  Clerk  the 
sum  required  for  said  license;  said  license  may  be  issued  for 
six  months  or  for  one  year,  but  not  beyond  the  end  of  the 
municipal  year,  and  the  applicant  shall  pay  therefor  as  fol- 
lows : For  the  period  of  one  year  the  sum  of  seventy-five 
($75)  dollars,  and  for  six  months  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50) 
dollars. 

§ 4.  To  Keep  Book — What  to  Contain.  Every  pawn  and 
loan  broker  shall  keep  a book  in  which  shall  be  written  in  ink 
at  the  time  of  each  and  every  loan  or  taking  of  a pledge  an 
accurate  account  and  description,  in  the  English  language,  of 
all  the  goods,  articles  and  other  things  pawned  or  pledged, 
the  amount  of  money,  value  or  thing  loaned  thereon,  the  time 
of  pledging  the  same,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  on  such 
loan,  and  the  name  and  residence  of  the  person  making  such 
pawn  or  pledge.  No  entry  in  such  book  shall  be  erased, 
mutilated  or  changed. 


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§ 5.*  Memorandum  of  Pledge  to  Pledgor.  Every  pawn- 
broker and  loanbroker  or  keeper  of  a loan  office  shall,  at  the 
time  of  each  loan,  deliver  to  the  person  pawning  or  pledging 
any  goods,  articles  or  thing  a memorandum  or  note  signed  by 
him  or  her  containing  the  substance  of  the  entry  required  to  be 
made  in  his  or  her  book  by  the  last  preceding  section  ; and  no 
charge  shall  be  made  or  received  by  any  pawnbroker  or  loan- 
broker  or  keeper  of  a loan  office  for  any  such  entry,  memoran- 
dum or  note. 

§ 6.  Prohibited  Purchases.  No  pawnbroker,  loanbroker, 
or  keeper  of  a loan  office  shall,  under  any  pretense  whatever, 
purchase  or  buy  any  second  hand  furniture,  metals,  or  clothes, 
or  any  other  article  or  thing  whatever,  offered  to  him  or  her 
as  a pawn  or  pledge. 

§ 7.  Report  to  Police  Department.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  every  person  so  licensed  as  aforesaid  to  make  out  and 
deliver  to  the  Chief  of  Police  every  day,  before  the  hour  of 
12  m.,  a legible  and  correct  copy  from  the  record  book  re- 
quired in  section  4 of  this  Chapter  of  all  personal  property  and 
other  valuable  things  received  on  deposit  during  the  preced- 
ing day.  together  with  the  time,  meaning  the  hour,  when 
received  or  purchased  and  a description  of  the  person  or  per- 
sons by  whom  left  in  pledge  or  from  whom  the  same  were 
purchased. 

§ 8.  Redemption  or  Removal  of  Pledge — When  Pro- 
hibited. No  personal  property  received  on  deposit  or  pledged 
by  any  such  licensed  person  shall  be  sold  or  permitted  to  be 
redeemed  or  removed  from  the  place  of  business  of  such 
licensed  person  for  the  space  of  twenty-four  hours  after  the 
copy  and  statement  required  to  be  delivered  to  the  Chief  of 
Police  shall  have  been  delivered  as  required  by  the  preceding 
section. 

§ 9.  Hours  of  Business.  No  person  licensed  as  afore- 
said shall  receive  on  deposit  or  pledge  any  personal  property 
or  other  valuable  thing  before  the  hour  of  six  a.  m.,  nor  after 
the  hour  of  eight  p.  m.,  during  the  months  of  January,  Feb- 


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ruary,  March,  April,  October,  November  and  December  of 
each  year,  nor  before  the  hour  of  five  a.  m.,  nor  after  the  hour 
of  nine  p.  m.,  during  the  months  of  May,  June,  July,  August 
and  September  of  each  year. 

§ 10.  Dealing  With  Minors — Penalty.  No  person  so 
licensed  shall  take  or  receive  in  pawn  or  purchase  any  article, 
property  or  effects  from  any  minor,  or  claimed  by  any  minor. 

§ 11.  Prohibited  Pledges.  No  person  so  licensed  shall 
take  any  article  in  pawn  from  any  person  appearing  to  be 
intoxicated,  nor  from  any  person  known  to  be  a notorious 
thief  or  to  have  been  convicted  of  larceny  or  burglary. 

§ 12.  Junk  Yard  Prohibited — Permission  Required. 
That  within  the  territorial  jurisdiction  of  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  locate,  own, 
operate  or  conduct  a junk  yard  or  junk  store  wherein  old 
metals,  bones,  hides,  rags,  rubber,  old  bottles  or  other  junk  are 
stored  and  located,  except  upon  permission  of  the  City 
Council. 

§ 13.  Junk  Yard  Dealers  Not  to  Buy  from  Minors.  Any 

person  or  corporation  owning  or  conducting  or  in  anywise 
engaged  in  the  management  or  the  conduct  of  any  junk  yard, 
scrap  iron  yard,  or  \second  hand  store  within  the  limits  of 
this  city  who  shall  buy,  barter,  or  otherwise  obtain  from  any 
minor,  without  the  written  consent  of  the  parent  or  custodian 
of  such  minor,  any  article  subject  of  sale  or  barter  shall  be 
prosecuted  and  punished  as  in  this  Chapter  provided. 

§ 14.  Violation  Hereof — Penalty.  Any  person  violating 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter,  when  no  other  penalty 
is  imposed,  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  one  ($1) 
dollar  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each 
offense. 


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CHAPTER  39 

PEDDLERS  AND  TRANSIENT  TRADERS 

Section  1.  Peddlers  to  be  Licensed  — Exceptions.  No 
person  shall  peddle  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  within 
the  limits  of  said  city  without  a license  for  that  purpose. 
Provided,  that  this  requirement  shall;  not  extend  to  any 
farmer,  fruit  or  vine  grower,  or  gardner,  or  dairyman  in  the 
sale  of  the  products  of  his  farm,  orchard,  vineyard,  garden  or 
dairy,  nor  to  women  or  children  peddling  apples  or  other 
fruits  and  not  occupying  a stand,  nor  to  newsboys  peddling 
newspapers;  and,  provided,  also,  that  this  requirement  shall 
not  extend  to  ex-soldiers,  sailors  or  marines  honorably  dis- 
charged from  the  military  or  marine  services  of  the  United 
States,  provided  said  soldier  or  sailor  is  engaged  in  the  vend- 
ing, hawking  and  peddling  of  goods,  wares,  fruits  or  mer- 
chandise for  himself. 

§ 2.  License,  How  Obtained — Terms.  The  City  Clerk, 
with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  shall,  on  application  of  any 
person  of  good  character,  issue  a license  to  such  person 
authorizing  him  to  peddle  within  the  said  city  for  the  period 
therein  mentioned,  which  license  may  be  issued  for  one  day, 
one  week  or  one  month  (but  not  beyond  the  end  of  the  muni- 
cipal year),  and  the  applicant  shall  pay 'therefor  as  follows, 
viz : 

When  carrying  his  own  goods,  for  one  day,  five  ($5)  dol- 
lars; for  one  week,  ten  ($10)  dollars;  for  six  months,  fifteen 
($15)  dollars;  and  for  any  period  exceeding  six  months  and 
not  beyond  the  municipal  year,  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars. 
Provided,  that  the  Mayor  or  Clerk,  in  his  judgment,  may 
grant  permission  to  any  poor  or  unfortunate  citizen,  male  or 
female,  who  is  capable  of  earning  an  honest  living  at  said 
vocation,  to  peddle  free  when  carrying  his  own  goods,  or  for 
a sum  as  may  be  agreed  upon. 

When  peddling  with  a horse  or  team,  for  one  day,  three 
($3)  dollars;  for  one  week,  five  ($5)  dollars;  for  one  month. 


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ten  ($10)  dollars;  for  six  months,  fifteen  ($15)  dollars;  and 
for  any  period  exceeding  six  months  and  not  beyond  the 
municipal  year,  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars.  Provided,  that 
these  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  any  peddlers  of  venison, 
poultry,  fish  or  wild  game.  Provided  further,  that  only  one 
person  and  a driver  shall  be  allowed  for  each  wagon. 

Peddlers  occupying  a stand  may  obtain  license  in  like 
manner  *for  like  periods  upon  paying  therefor  as  follows: 
For  one  day,  five  ($5)  dollars;  for  one  week,  fifteen  ($15) 
dollars;  for  one  month,  twenty-five  . ($25)  dollars;  for  six 
'months,  fifty  ($50)  dollars;  and  for  one  year,  seventy-five 
($75)  dollars. 

§3.  District  for  Peddlers  Defined.  No  peddler’s 
stands  are  allowed  to  be  located  on  any  part  of  the  streets,- 
sidewalks  or  alleys  of  this  city  within  the  fire  limits,  as  the 
same  are  defined  by  ordinance;  and  no  peddler  licensed  here- 
under shall  peddle  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandke  within 
that  part  of  the  city  from  Fifteenth  to  Twenty-fourth  streets, 
inclusive,  and  north  of  Fourth  avenue. 

The  above  district  where  peddling  is  not  allowed  applies 
also  to  those  persons  granted  the  free  license  under  section 
one  (1)  hereof. 

§ 4.  Number  of  License  to  be  Affixed.  Every  person  so 
licensed  shall  forthwith  cause  his  name  and  the  number  of 
his  license  to  be  plainly  painted  in  letters  and  figures  and 
conspicuously  placed  on  the  outside  of  his  vehicle  during  the 
continuance  of  his  license,  and  upon  its  expiration  or  revoca- 
tion shall  remove  and  discontinue  the  use  of  the  same. 

§ 5.  Peddler  Defined.  Any  person,  either  for  himself  or 
as  agent  or  solicitor  for  another  person,  who  shall  go  about 
within  said  city  from  house  to  house,  from  place  to  place,  or 
from  customer  to  customer,  and  sell,  or  offer  to  sell,  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise  of  any  kind,  by  retail,  for  delivery  at 
the  time  and  place  of  sale  or  at  any  other  place,  shall  be 
deemed  a peddler. 


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§ 6.  Measures  to  be  Sealed.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  peddler  selling  his  wares  in  this  city  to  use  any 
measure  without  first  having  had  same  tested  and  sealed  by 
Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures,  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
to  test  as  to  accuracy  and  correctness,  and  seal  all  rneasures 
presented  to  him,  upon  the  payment  of  the  fees  provided  by 
ordinance.  No  license  shall  be  granted  to  any  peddler  until 
the  measures  to  be  used  by  him  shall  have  been  tested  and 
sealed  as  above  provided. 

§ 7.  Transient  Traders.  No  transient  trader  or  merchant 
who  may  come  to  the  City  of  Rock  Island  and  open  a store 
or  place  for  the  purpose  of  selling  or  disposing  of  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise  at  auction  or  private  sale,  as  owner  or 
agent,  temporarily,  not  intending  to  establish  a permanent  or 
regular  business  in  said  city,  shall  carry  on  such  vocation 
without  a license  therefor,  which  license  may  be  issued  by  the 
City  Clerk  upon  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
($100)  dollars  per  week  or  fraction  thereof. 

§ 8.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Any  person  who  shall  vio- 
late any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter  shall  be  subject  to 
a penalty,  and  fined  in  a sum  of  not  less  than  one  ($1)  dollar 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  40 

PLUMBING 

Section  1.  Certificate  of  License.  It  shall  not  be  lawful 
for  any  person  or  persons,  lirms  or  corporations  to  carry  on  or 
work  at  the  business  of  plumbing  or  house  drainage  in  the 
City  of  Rock  Island  until  a certificate  of  license  to  engage  or 
work  at  said  business  has  been  granted  said  person  or  per- 
sons by  the  health  department,  nor  until  they  have  registered 
as  such  in  the  otfice  of  the  health  department  of  the  City  of 
Rock  Island. 

§ 2.  Board  of  Examiners.  The  Mayor  shall,  before  the 
first  day  of  May,  annually,  with  the  approval  of  the  Council, 
appoint  a board  of  examiners  to  examine  all  applicants  for 
license  under  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter.  Said  board 
shall  consist  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector,  one  master  plumber, 
and  one  journeyman  plumber.  Two  members  of  said  board 
of  examiners  shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
all  business.  The  Plumbing  Inspector  shall  receive  no  com- 
pensation for  his  services  as  member  of  the  board  of  ex- 
aminers other  than  his  regular  salary  as  such  Plumbing  In- 
spector. The  master  plumber  and  the  journeyman  shall  each 
receive  one  ($1)  dollar  for  each  applicant  examined;  The 
board  of  examiners  shall  make  all  reasonable  rules,  regula- 
tions and  examinations. 

§ 3.  Applications.  All  and  every  person  or  persons  de- 
siring to  engage  in  the  business  or  work  of  plumbing,  house 
drainage,  plumbing  and  ventilation  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
shall  apply  in  writing  to  the  said  board  of  examiners  for  a 
certificate  or  license;  and  if  after  ]>roper  examination  made 
by  the  board  of  examiners  such  person  or  persons  so  applying 
shall  be  found  competent  therein,  said  board  of  examiners 
shall  thereupon  issue  a certificate  or  license -to  such  person  or 
persons,  either  as  a master  plumber,  employing  plumber,  or 
journeyman  plumber.  No  certificate  or  license  shall  be  trans- 
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§ 4.  Examinations  and  Fees.  An  examination  of  any 
one  member  of  a firm  or  corporation  shall  be  deemed  suffi- 
cient. Said  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  engaged 
or  engaging  in  the  business  of  plumbing  or  house  drainage, 
either  as  a master  or  employing  plumber,  shall  pay  for  each 
examination  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50)  dollars,  and  each  journey- 
man plumber  or  person  desiring  to  engage  in  the  work  shall 
pay  the  sum  of  one  ($1)  dollar,  which  shall  be  paid  into  the 
city  treasury. 

§ 5.  Bond  and  Deposit.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
desiring  to  engage  in  the  business  of  plumbing  and  house 
drainage,  either  as  a master  plumber,  employing  plumber,  or 
journeyman  plumber,  after  complying  with  the  preceding 
requirements  of  this  ordinance,  shall  file  with  the  application 
for  a license  or  certificate  a bond  with  two  or  more  sureties, 
to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand 
($5,000)  dollars,  conditioned  to  indemnify  and  save  harmless 
the  City  of  Rock  Island  for  the  result  of  any  acts  of  the 
licensee  by  virtue  of  his  license. 

At  the  same  time  he  shall  be  required  to  deposit  with  the 
City  Treasurer  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30)  dollars  for  the  purpose 
hereinafter  described.  The  conditions  of  said  bond  are  that 
the  principal  in  such  bond  will  restore,  with  the  same  material 
and  in  the  same  manner  as  before,  all  streets,  alleys,  side- 
walks, curbing  and  public  highways  in  any  way  disturbed  by 
him  or  his  agents,  servants  or  employes,  and  that  said  princi- 
pal will  save  the  city  harmless  from  all  damages  to  all  persons 
or  property  resulting  from  or  in  any  way  growing  out  of  any 
opening  or  excavation  made  by  him,  his  agents,  servants  or 
employes  in  any  alley,  street  or  public  highway,  sidewalk  or 
curb.  And  further  conditioned  that  the  principal  shall  pay 
any  or  all  loss  or  damage  occasioned  by  him,  or  his  servants, 
agents  or  employes,  in  the  use  of  or  handling  explosives  in 
blasting  within  the  city  limits  for  the  purpose  of  putting  in 
any  plumbing  or  sewer  connections;  also,  that  he  will  comply 
with  all  ordinances  of  this  city,  and  the  rules  of  the  water 
works  department  relating  to  the  turning  on  or  off  of  water 


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from  the  water  works;  and  will  pay,  when  due,  all  bills  for 
material  and  labor  furnished  by  the  city  to  said  principal. 
Said  bond  shall  be  renewed  annually.  Whenever  the  princi- 
pal in  such  bond  shall  fail  to  repair  any  defect  in  any  alley, 
street,  sidewalk,  curbing  or  public  highway  occasioned  by  him 
within  twenty-four  (24)  hours  after  being  notified  so  to  do 
by  the  Superintendent  of  Streets,  in  writing,  then  said  money 
on  deposit,  or  so  much  of  same  as  may  be  necessary,  shall  be 
used  under  the  direction  of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  to 
effect  said  repairs,  and  as  often  as  any  portion  of  said  money 
is  used  said  principal  shall,  on  notice  from  the  City  Clerk, 
deposit  a corresponding  amount,  so  as  to  keep  said  deposit  at 
all  times  at  a sum  of  not  less  than  thirty  ($30)  dollars.  And 
no  permit  shall  be  issued  to  said  principal,  plumber  or  drain- 
layer  until  such  deposit  is  made. 

§ 6.  Place  of  Business  and  Sign.  Every  registered  mas- 
ter plumber  shall  have  a bona  fide  place  of  business  in  the 
City  of  Rock  Island,  and  shall  display  on  the  front  of  his  or 
their  place  of  business  a sign,  “Registered  Plumber,”  bearing 
the  name  or  names  of  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  in  letters 
not  less  than  three  (3)  inches  high. 

§ 7.  Registration.  No  person  other  than  a registered 
master  plumber  shall  be  allowed  to  carry  on  or  engage  in  the 
business  nor  shall  any  person  or  persons  expose  a sign  of 
plumbing  or  house  drainage,  or  any  advertisement  pertaining 
thereto,  unless  he  or  they  have  first  secured  a license  or  cer- 
tificate and  having  registered  in  the  office  of  the  health  de- 
partment of  the  City  of  Rock  Island;  nor  shall  any  person  or 
persons,  other  than  a registered  master  plumber,  or  person  in 
his  or  their  employ,  or  under  his  or  their  supervision,  be 
allowed  to  alter,  repair  or  make  any  connection  with  any 
drain,  soil  or  vent  pipes,  or  any  pipe  connected  therewith. 

§ 8.  Notice  of  Change  of  Place  of  Business.  Every  regis- 
tered master  plumber,  firm  or  corporation  shall  give  immedi- 
ate notice  of  any  change  in  his,  their  or  its  place  of  business, 
and,  upon  his,  their  or  its  retirement  from  business  shall 
surrender  his,  their  or  its  certificate  of  registry  to  the  health 


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department.  E\ery  person,  firm,  corporation  or  representa- 
tive thereof,  in  registering,  shall  give  the  full  name  or  names 
of  the  person,  firm,  or  officers’  names  of  the  corporation  for 
which  he  or  they  shall  register. 

. § 9.  Expiration  of  Certificates  and  Licenses.  All  cer- 
tificates and  licenses  shall  expire  on  the  thirtieth  (30th)  day 
of  December  of  each  year.  A licensed  master  plumber  or 
journeyman  plumber  desiring  to  continue  in  or  work  at  the 
business  of  plumbing  and  house  drainage  for  the  ensuing 
year  shall,  between  the  first  (1st)  and  thirtieth  (30th)  day  of 
December  of  each  and  every  year,  surrender  the  said  cer- 
tificate or  license  for  the  current  year  to  the  said  health  de- 
partment and  register  his,  their  or  its  name  or  names  and  the 
business  or  home  address  upon  such  form  or  forms  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  furnished  by  the  health  department. 

§ 10.  Re-registration — Fees — Registration.  A re-exami- 
nation will  not  be  necessary  for  re-registration.  The  sum  of 
ten  ($10)  dollars  shall  be  paid  by  the  master  and  employing 
plumbers,  firms  or  corporations,  and  the  sum  of  one  ($1) 
dollar  by  the  journeyman  plumbers  for  re-registration,  which 
shall  be  paid  into  the  city  treasury.  A register  of  all  such 
applicants  and  the  licenses  or  certificates  issued 'shall  be  kept 
in  the  office  of  said  health  department. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  board  of  examiners  to  furnish 
the  department  of  registration  and  education  of  the  State  of 
Illinois  with  the  name  and  address  of  each  person  who  may 
apply  or  to  whom  it  has  issued  a certificate  or  a renewal 
certificate  within  thirty  (30)  days  from  the  date  of  the  issue 
of  said  certificate. 

§ 11.  Work  in  Other  Cities.  Any  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration holding  a license  or  certificate  issued  by  the  board 
of  examiners,  or  from  some  other  constituted  board  in  the 
State  of  Illinois,  to  engage  in  or  work  at  the  business  of 
plumbing  and  house  drainage  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island 
shall,  without  examination,  be  registered  before  entering 
upon  such  work ; provided,  however,  that  such  registration 


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shall  be  restricted  and  limited  to  such  plumbing  and  drain- 
age as  he,  they  or  it  shall  have  contracted  for  at  the  time  of 
registry.  On  the  completion  of  such  contract  or  contracts 
the  registration  of  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  be 
null  and  void;  and  no  further  permit  shall  be  issued  to  such 
person,  firm  or  corporation  until  he,  they  or  it  shall  have 
registered  his  or  its  name  or  their  names  and  addresses,  as 
hereinbefore  provided. 

§ 12.  Revocation  of  Certificate.  No  certificate  shall  be 
revoked  before  the  holder  thereof  has  been  given  reasonable 
• notice  of  the  charge  against  him  and  an  opportunity  for  a full 
hearing  before  the  department  of  registration  and  education 
of  the  state. 

§ 13.  Plumbing  Inspector  and  Assistants.  There  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and 
Safety,  with  the  consent  of  the  Mayor  and  Commissioners,  a 
Plumbing  Inspector,  for  a term  of  one  year  from  the  first 
day  of  May  in  the  year  of  appointment,  and  annually  there- 
after, at  a salary  fixed  by  the  Mayor  and  Commissioners. 
The  Plumbing  Inspector  is  a member  of  the  board  of  examin- 
ers of  plumbers.  Said  Plumbing  Inspector  shall,  when  en- 
tering upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute  a bond  running 
to  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  in  the  sum  of  two  thousand 
($2,000)  dollars,  with  two  or  more  sureties,  to  be  approved 
by  the  Mayor  and  Commissioners,  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  his  duties.  To  assist  in  carrying  out  the  requirements 
of  this  Chapter  there  may  be  appointed  by  the  Commissioner 
of  Public  Health  and  Safety,  with  the  consent  of  the  Mayor 
and  Commissioners,  an  Assistant  Plumbing  Inspector.  The 
Plumbing  Inspector  and  Assistant  shall  be  practical  plumbers 
of  ten  (10)  years  experience  and  each  a resident  of  the  City 
of  Rock  Island.  Said  Plumbing  Inspectors  shall  not  be  en- 
gaged in  the  occupation  of  plumbing,  or*’  be  interested, 
directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in 
the  business  of  plumbing  during  their  term  of  office. 

§ 14.  Plans  and  Specifications.  There  shall  be  a separate 
plan  for  each  building,  public  or  private,  or  any  addition 


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thereto,  or  alterations  thereof,  accompanied  by  specifications 
showing  the  location,  size  and  kind  of  pipe,  traps,  closets  and 
fixtures  to  be  used,  which  plans  and  specifications  shall  be 
filed  with  the  Plumbing  Inspector.  The  said  plans  and 
specifications  shall  be  furnished  by  the  architect,  plumber,  or 
owner,  and  filed  by  the  plumber.  All  applications  for  change 
in  plans  must  be  made  in  writing. 

§ 15.  Filing  Plans  and  SpeciBcations.  Plumbers,  before 
commencing  the  construction  of  plumbing  work  in  any  build- 
ing in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  (except  in  case  of  repairs, 
which  are  here  defined  to  relate  to  the  mending  of  leaks  in 
soil,  vent  or  waste-pipes,  faucets,  valves  and  water  supply 
pipes,  and  shall  not  be  construed  to  admit  the  replacing  of 
any  fixture,  such  as  water  closets,  bath  tubs,  wash  stands, 
sinks,  etc.,  or  the  respective  traps  for  such  fixtures),  shall 
submit  to  the  Plumbing  Inspector  plans  and  specifications, 
legibly  drawn  in  ink,  on  blanks  to  be  furnished  by  the  health 
department.  Plans  will  be  approved  or  rejected  within 
twenty-four  (24)  hours  after  receipt. 

§ 16.  Permits  and  Inspection  Fees.  Permits  for  the 
drainage  of  any  building,  public  or  private,  or  for  the  altera- 
tion in  existing  systems  of  drainage,  shall  be  obtained  before 
entering  upon  any  work. 

Permit  for  breaking  open  the  sewer  for  inserting  a “Y’'  or 
any  other  connection  whatever  shall  be  obtained  in  writing 
from  the  PlumBing  Inspector. 

A permit  shall  be  good  for  one  year  from  date  of  issue. 
If  the  work  is  not  completed  within  that  time,  the  permit 
shall  be  returned  and  a new  permit  issued. 

The  fee  for  drainage  and  inspection  permits  shall  be  one 
($1)  dollar  for  each  sewer  connection,  one  ($1)  dollar  for 
every  opening  or  fixture,  whether  for  immediate  or  future 
use.  All  repair  jobs,  changing  or  replacing  of  fixtures,  one 
($1)  dollar.  All  extra  trips  that  are  made,  other  than  those 
required  for  regulation  inspections,  will  be  charged  for  at  the 
rate  of  fifty  (50)  cents  per  trip.  This  includes  any  trip 


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occasioned  by  wrong  construction,  the  use  of  defective 
material,  or  for  any  call  to  make  inspection  before  the  work 
so  to  be  inspected  is  ready.  All  fees  shall  be  paid  into  the 
city  treasury. 

§ 17.  Duty  of  Owners  and  Plumbers  in  Constructing 
Drain,  etc.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  constructing 
or  owning  any  drain,  soil  pipe,  passage  or  connection  be- 
tween a sewer  and  any  ground,  building,  erection  or  place  of 
business, -and  in  a like  manner  the  duty  of  the  owners  of  all 
grounds,  buildings,  erections,  and  all  parties  interested 
therein  or  thereat,  to  cause  and  require  that  such  drain,  soil 
pipe,  passage  or  connection  shall  be  adequate  for  its  purpose 
and  shall  at  all  times  allow  to  pass  freely  all  material  that 
enters  or  should  enter  the  same,  and  no  change  of  drainage, 
sewerage,  or  the  sewer  connection  of  any  house  shall  be  per- 
mitted unless  notice  thereof  shall  have  been  given  the  Plumb- 
ing Inspector  and  assent  thereto  obtained  in  writing. 

§ 18.  Inspection  and  Approval.  Drainage,  sewerage  or 
plumbing  work  must  not  be  covered  or  concealed  in  any  man- 
ner until  after  it  is  inspected  and  approved  by  the  Plumbing 
Inspector.  Notice  must  be  given  to  said  Plumbing  In- 
spector, upon  blanks  to  be  furnished  by  the  health  department, 
when  the  work  is  sufficiently  advanced  for  such  inspection; 
then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector  to  inspect 
the  same  within  twenty-four  (24)  hours  after  receipt  of  said 
notice. 

§ 19.  Material  of  House  Drains.  The  main  drainage 
system  of  every  house  or  building  shall  be  separately  and 
independently  connected  with  the  street  sewer,  where  such 
sewer  exists,  except  where  two  houses  are  built  together  on  a 
lot  with  a frontage  of  thirty  (30)  feet  or  less,  when  one  con- 
nection with  main  sewer  will  be  allowed;  but  there  shall  be  a 
separate  house  drain  for  each  house,  connected  by  a “Y”  con- 
nection at  the  front  of  such  houses,  at  the  curb  line,  with  the 
main  house  sewer;  or,  where  one  building  exists  or  is  erected 
in  the  rear  of  another,  or  an  interior  lot,  of  single  ownership, 
and  no  private  sewer  is  available,  or  can  be  made  for  the  rear 


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building  through  an  adjoining  alley,  courtyard  or  driveway, 
the  house  drain  from  the  front  building  may  be  extended  to 
the  rear  building,  and  the  whole  will  be  considered  as  one 
house  drain.  Where  it  is  necessary  to  construct  a private 
sewer  to  connect  with  sewer  in  an  adjacent  street,  such  plans 
may  be  used  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector, 
but  in  no  case  shall  joint  drains  be  laid  in  cellars  parallel  with 
street  or  alley. 

House  drains  or  soil  pipes  laid  beneath,  floor  must  be  extra 
heavy  cast  iron  pipe,  with  leaded  and  caulked  joints,  and  car- 
ried four  (4)  feet  outside  of  cellar  wall.  All  drains  connected 
with  the  main  drain  where  it  is  above  the  floor  shall  be  extra 
heavy  cast  iron  pipe,  with  leaded  and  caulked  joints.  Changes 
of  direction  of  pipes  shall  be  made  with  “Y”  branches,  both 
above  and  below  the  ground,  and  where  such  pipes  pass 
through  foundation  walls  a relieving  arch  shall  be  built  over 
it,  with  two  (2)  inch  space  on  either  side  of  main  pipe.  Main 
drain  shall  not  be  less  than  four  (4)  inches;  it  must  be  pro- 
vided with  a tee  and  clean-out,  placed  immediately  inside  of 
cellar  wall. 

The  size  of  the  main  house  drain  shall  be  determined  by 
the  total  area  of  the  buildings  and  paved  surfaces  to  be 
drained,  according  to  the  following  table,  if  iron  pipe  is  used. 
If  the  pipe  is  terra  cotta,  the  diameter  shall  be  one  size  larger 
for  the  same  amount  of  area  drainage. 


Fall, 

Fall, 

Diameter 

^-inch 

^-inch 

per  foot 

per  foot 

4-inch 

--..Sq.  Ft.  Drainage 

Area, 

1,800 

2,500 

5-inch 

....Sq.  Ft.  Drainage 

Area, 

3,000 

4,500 

6-inch 

--.Sq.  Ft.  Drainage 

Area, 

5,000 

7,500 

8-inch 

--.Sq.  Ft.  Drainage 

Area, 

9,100 

13,600 

10- inch 

....Sq.  Ft.  Drainage 

Area, 

14,000 

20,000 

§ 20.  Laying  of  House  Sewers  and  Drains.  House 
sewers  and  house  drains  must,  where  possible,  be  given  an 
even  grade  to  the  main  sewer  of  not  less  than  one-quarter  (^) 
inch  per  foot. 


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§ 21.  Location  of  House  Sewers.  When  main  drain  is 
not  located  on  street,  house  sewers  must  be  constructed  on 
outside  of  property  line  and  branch  into  each  house  separ- 
ately. and  in  no  case  will  the  sewer  from  one  house  to  another 
be  permitted  to  run  through  cellars,  except  as  ])rovided  in 
section  nine  (9). 

§ 22.  Drains  X>utside  of  Buildings.  Where  the  ground 
is  of  sufficient  solidity  for  a proper  foundation,  cylindrical 
terra  cotta  pipe  of  the  best  quality,  free  from  flaws,  splits 
or  cracks,  perfectly  burned,  and  well  glazed  over  the  entire 
inner  and  outer  surfaces,  may  be  used  if  laid  on  smooth  bot^ 
tom,  with  a special  groove  cut  in  the  bottom  of  the  trench  for 
each  hub.  in  order  to  give  the  pipe  a solid  bearing  on  its  entire 
length,  and  the  soil  well  rammed  on  each  side  of  the  pipe. 
The  spigot  and  hub  ends  shall  be  connected.  The  space  be- 
tween the  hub  and  pipe  must  be  thoroughly  filled  with  cement 
mortar,  made  of  equal  parts  of  the  best  American  natural 
cement  and  bar  sand,  thoroughly  mixed  dry,  and  enough 
water  afterwards  added  to  give  the  proper  consistency.  The 
mortar  must  be  mixed  in  small  quantities,  and  used  as  soon  as 
made.  The  joints  must  be  carefully  wiped  out  and  pointed, 
and  all  mortar  that  may  be  left  inside  removed,  and  the  pipe 
left  clean  and  smooth  throughout,  for  which  purpose  a swab 
may  be  used.  It  must  not  be  laid  closer  than  five  (5)  feet  to 
any  exterior  wall  of  any  building,  nor  within  five  (5)  feet  of 
any  adjoining  property  line,  or  be  less  than  four  (4)  feet 
below  the  surface  of  the  gnound,  if  local  conditions  will  per- 
mit. When  a sewer  passes  near  a well,  extra  heavy  cast 
iron  pipe  must  be  used  to  such  a distance  as  may  be  approved 
by  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

§ 23.  Floor  Drains.  Floor  and  other  drains  will  only  be 
permitted  when  it  can  be  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
Plumbing  Inspector  that  their  use  is  absolutely  necessary 
and  arrangements  made  to  maintain  a permanent  water  seal 
in  the  traps  and  be  provided  with  check  or  back-pressure 
valves,  also  a gate  valve,  if  required.  No  floor  drains  shall 
be  used  unless  they  are  approved  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 


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Floor  drains  shall  not  connect  in  the  heel  of  any  stack.  They 
shall  not  be  placed  within  five  (5)  feet  of  main  soil  or  drain 
pipe  unless  they  are  re-vented. 

§ 24.  Weight  and  Thickness  of  Cast  I-ron  Soil  Pipe.  All 

cast  iron  pipes  must  be  sound,  free  from  holes,  and  of  a 
uniform  thickness,  known  as  “extra  heavy”  pipe,  and  cor- 
responding fittings  will  be  required.  Tfie  pipe  must  be 
tested  to  fifty  (50)  pounds  water  pressure. 


Pip'es  shall  weigh  as  follows,  namely: 


Diameter  of  Pipe 

2- inch 

3- inch 

4- inch 

5- inch 

6- inch 

7- inch 

8- inch 


Weight  per  foot 
Sy2  pounds 

9^  pounds 

13  pounds 

17  pounds 

20  pounds 

27  pounds 

33^  pounds 


§ 25.  Yard  and  Area  Drains.  All  yards,  areas  and  courts 
not  having  natural  drainage  must  be  drained.  Tenement 
houses  and  lodging  houses  must  have  the  yards,  areas  and 
courts  drained  into  sewer.  These  drains,  when  sewer  con- 
nected, must  have  connections  and  traps  not  less  than  four  (4) 
inches  in  diameter. 


§ 26.  Use  of  Old  House  Drains  and  Sewers.  Old  house 
drains  and  sewers  may  be  used  in  connection  with  new  build- 
ings or  new  plumbing  only  when  they  are  found,  on  examina- 
tion by  the  Plumbing  Inspector,  to  conform  in  all  respects 
to  the  requirements  governing  new  sewers  and  drains. 

§ 27.  Leader  Pipes.  All  buildings  shall  be  kept  pro- 
vided with  the  proper  metallic  leaders  for  conducting  water 
from  the  roofs  in  such  a manner  as  shall  protect  the  walls  and 
foundation  of  said  building  from  injury.  In  no  case  shall  the 
water  from  said  leaders  be  allowed  to  flow  upon  the  public 
sidewalk,  but  the  same  shall  be  conducted  by  a pipe  or  pipes 
to  the  sewer,  wherever  it  is  allowed  by  the  department  of 


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health.  If  there  be  no  sewer  in  the  street  upon  which  the 
building  fronts,  then  the  water  from  said  leaders  shall  be 
conducted  by  proper  pipe  or  pipes  below  the  surface  of  the 
sidewalk  to  the  street  gutter. 

No  rain  leader  pipes  shall  be  connected  to  a sewer  which 
is  connected  to  or  is  to  be  connected  to  a septic  tank  system. 
Where  such  leaders  are  connected,  they  shall  be  disconnected 
by  the  owner  of  said  building  or  buildings  when  notified  by 
the  department  of  health  to  do  so. 

> § 28.  Material  for  Inside  and  Outside  Leaders.  Inside 
leaders  must  be  constructed  of  extra  heavy  cast  iron  pipe, 
with  roof  connections  made  gas  and  water  tight  by  means  of 
a brass  ferrule  and  lead  or  copper  pipe.  Outside  leaders  may 
be  sheet  metal,  but  they  must,  when  connected,  be  connected 
to  house  drain  by  means  of  an  extra  heavy  cast  iron  pipe  ex- 
tending vertically  five  (5)  feet  above  grade  level,  where  the 
building  is  located  along  public  driveways  or  sidewalks. 
Where  the  building  is  located  off  building  line,  and  not  liable 
to  be  damaged,  the  connection  shall  be  made  with  the  iron 
pipe  extending  at  least  six  (6)  inches  above  the  grade  level. 

§ 29.  Drains  for  Light  Shafts.  Drains  from  the  bottom 
of  light  shafts  shall  not  be  directly  connected  with  main 
sewer  unless  by  means  of  a deep  seal  trap  to  serve  same,  and 
shall  be  placed  below  the  ground  as  near  a point  directly 
below  inlet  of  drain  as  possible  for  same  to  be  located,  or  if 
connected  to  house  system,  shall  be  by  means  of  a deep  seal 
extra  heavy  lead  drum  trap  properly  ventilated. 

§ 30.  Trapping  of  Leaders.  All  leaders  must  be  separ- 
ately trapped  at  the  bottom  of  each  leader  with  a cast  iron 
trap,  and  clean-out  for  same  where  necessary,  so  placed  as  to 
prevent  freezing.  Clean-outs  must  be  brought  above  the 
level  of  the  cellar  floor  or  grade  level.  Inside  leaders  must 
have  at  least  one  cast  iron  pipe'  rest  for  each  story  same  is 
extended.  Rain-water  leaders  must  not  be  used  as  soil, 
waste  or  vent  pipes,  nor  shall  such  pipes  be  used  as  leaders. 
Hub  vents  must  be  used  on  all  traps. 


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§ 31.  Sub  Soil  Drains.  Sub  soil  drains  must  discharge 
into  a sump  or  receiving  tank,  the  contents  of  which  must  be 
lifted  and  discharge  into*  the  drainage  system  above  the  cel- 
lar floor  by  some  approved  method.  Where  directly  sewer- 
connected,  they  must  be  cut  off  from  the  rest  of  the  plumbing 
system  by  a brass  flap-valve  on  the  inlet  to  the  catch  basin, 
and  the  trap  on  the  drain  from  the  catch  basin  must  be  water 
supplied,  as  required  for  cellar  drains. 

§ 32.  Exhaust  from  Steam  Pipes,  etc.  No  steam  exhaust, 
blow  off  or  drip  pipe  shall  connect  with  a sewer  or  house 
drain,  leader,  soil  pipe,  waste  or  vent  pipe.  Such  pipes  must 
discharge  into  a tank  or  condenser,  from  which  suitable  outlet 
to  the  sewer  shall  be  made.  Such  condenser  shall  be  water 
supplied,  to  help  condensation  and  protect  the  sewer,  and 
shall  also  be  supplied  with  relief  vent  to  carry  off  dry  steam. 

§ 33.  Diameter  of  Soil  Pipe.  The  smallest  diameter  of 
any  soil  pipe  permitted  to  be  used  shall  be  four  (4)  inches. 
The  size  of  soil  and  waste  pipes  must  not  be  less  than  those 
set  forth  in  the  following  tables  : 

MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF  FIXTURES 
CONNECTED  TO 


Waste  Soil  and  Waste  Combine. 

Soil  Pipe  Alone. 

Size 

Maximum  de- 

Branch 

Main 

Branch 

Main 

of 

veloped  length 

Small 

Small 

Water 

W ater' 

Pipe 

in  feet 

Fixtures 

Fixtures 

Closets 

Closets 

1^-inch. 

15 

1 

1 

• 

lU^-inch. 

25 

2 

2 

2-inch. 

40 

3 

4 

3-inch. 

100 

4 

8 

4-inch. 

150 

32 

64 

8 

16 

5-inch. 

200 

72 

144 

18 

36 

6-inch. 

250 

144 

288 

36 

72 

7-inch. 

300 

252 

504 

63 

126 

8-inch. 

350 

420 

840 

105 

210 

The  ; 

smallest  diameter  for  any  vent  or 

waste  pipe  to  be 

continued  through  roof  shall  be  two  (2)  inches. 


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If  the  building  is  six  (6)  and  less  than  twelve  (12)  stories 
in  height,  the  diameter  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5)  inches;  if 
more  than  twelve  (12)  stories,  it  shall  be  six  (6)  inches  in 
diameter.  A building  six  (6)  or  more  stories  in  height,  with 
fixtures  located  below  the  sixth  floor,  soil  pipe  four  (4)  inches 
in  diameter  will  be  allowed  to  extend  through  roof,  provided 
the  number  of  fixtures  does  not  exceed  the  number  given  in 
the  table. 

All  soil  pipes  must  extend  one  (1)  foot  above  the  roof, 
and  must  be  also  extended  two  (2)  feet  above  the  highest 
window,  when  within  a distance  of  twenty  (20)  feet  of  win- 
dow. Traps  will  not  be  permitted  on  main,  vertical,  soil  or 
waste  lines.  Each  house  must  have  a separate  line  of  soil 
and  vent  pipes.  No  soil,  waste  or  vent  lines  shall  be  con- 
structed on  the  outside  of  a building.  All  vent  lines  extended 
through  roof  must  be  increased  two  (2)  inches.  There  must 
be  a clean-out  placed  at  the  bottom  of  each  stack ; same  must 
be  brought  above  floor  level.  The  size  of  clean-out  must  be 
of  the  same  diameter  as  the  stack.  No  double  hub  fittings 
shall  be  used  on  any  waste  or  soil  pipe. 

§ 34.  Change  in  Direction.  All  sewer,  soil  and  waste 
pipes  must  be  as  direct  as  possible.  Changes  in  directions 
must  be  made  with  “Y”  and  one-eighth  bends.  No  crosses  or 
sanitary  crosses  shall  be  used  in  vertical  or  horizontal  lines 
of  soil  or  waste  pipes;  all  first -floors  to  have  “Y’s,”  and  all 
floors  above  to  have  half  “Y’s.”  Offsets^  in  soil  or  waste 
pipes  will  not  be  permitted  when  they  can  be  avoided,  nor  in 
any  case  unless  suitable  provision  is  made  to  prevent  accumu- 
lation of  rust  or  other  obstruction.  Offsets  shall  be  made 
with  forty-five  (45)  degree  bends  or  similar  fittings.  No 
quarter  bends  shall  be  used  if  same  can  be  avoided. 

§ 35.  Joints  for  Soil  and  Waste  Pipes.  Joints  in  cast 
iron  pipes  and  soil  and  waste  pipes  must  be  so  filled  with 
okum  and  lead,  and  hand-caulked,  as  to  make  them  water  and 
gas-tight.  Connections  of  lead  and  cast  iron  pipes  must  be 
made  with  brass  ferrule  of  the  same  size  as  the  lead  pipe, 
inserted  in  the  hub  of  the  iron  pipe,  and  caulked  with  lead. 


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The  lead  pipe  must  be  attached  to  the  ferrule  by  a wiped  joint. 
Joints  between  lead  and  wrought  iron  pipes  must  be  made 
with  brass  nipple  of  same  size  as  lead  pipe.  The  lead  pipe 
must  be  attached  to  the  brass  nipple  by  wiped  joints.  All 
connections  of  lead  waste  or  vent  pipes  must  be  made  by 
means  of  a wiped  joint.  No  flanged  wiped  joints  shall  be 
permitted  on  any  roughing-in  work. 

§ 36.  Traps  Required  for  Fixtures.  Every  sink,  bath 
tub,  basin,  water  closet,  slop  hopper  or  fixture  having  a waste 
pipe  must  be  furnished  with  a separate  trap,  which  shall  be 
placed  as  close  as  practical  to  the  fixture  it  serves,  and  in  no 
case  shall  they  be  more  than  one  (1)  foot  from  the  opening  of 
said  fixture.  The  seal  of  trap  on  continuous  vent  wastes  shall 
not  be  more  than  one  (1)  foot  from  the  intersection  of  vent 
extension. 

Where  a water  closet  is  more  than  three  (3)  feet  from  the 
soil  pipe  it  shall  be  re-vented.  When  a trap  of  any  fixture, 
except  a water  closet,  is  more  than  two  (2)  feet  from  the. 
intersection  of  the  outlet  to  the  seal  of  the  trap,  same  shall 
be  re-vented  from  the  crown  of  the  trap.  No  trap  shall  be  set 
with  the  seal  of  water  in  the  trap  more  than  six  .(6)  inches 
from  the  outlet  of  fixture.  All  traps  shall  have  a water  seal 
of  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  (Ij^)  inches.  Traps  with 
interior  partitions  are  prohibited,  unless  a special  permit  is 
issued  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector  for  the  use  of  same. 

§ 37.  Size  of  Traps  and  Waste  Branches.  The  size  of 
traps  and  waste  branches  for  a given  fixture  shall  be  as  fol- 
lows, provided  the  style  of  trap  to  be  used  in  connection  with 
the  kitchen  and  pantry  sinks  shall  be  Drum  “S,’’  or  to 

be  selected  by  the  owner  of  th'e  property: 


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Size  in  Inches 

Kind  of  Fixtures  Trap  Branch 

Water  closet 3 4 

Slop  sink  with  trap  combined 3 3 

Slop  sink,  ordinary,  in  laundry,  4x9-in.  drum 

trap  ! 2 2 

Pedestal  urinal  3 3 

Floor  wash 4 4 

Floor  drains : 2 2 

Yard  drain  or  catch  basins 4 4 

Urinal  trough  2 2 

Laundry  trays  (2  or  3),  4x9-in.  drum  trap 4 2 

Combination  sink  and  tray;  for  each  laundry 

tray,  4x9-in.  drum  trap,  and  each  sink 2 

Kitchen  sinks  (small)  for  dwellings lYi 

Pantry  sinks.. V/2 

Kitchen  sinks  (large),  hotels,  restaurants,  grease 

traps  2 

Wash  basin  (one  only) .*. 1^4 

Bath  tubs,  4x9-in.  drum  trap 4 

Shower  bath,  4x9-in.  drum  trap 4 \Y 

Shower  baths  (floor),  4x9-in.  drum  trap 4 2 

Sitz  baths,  4x9-in.  drum  trap 4 

Drinking  fountains IYa  ^Ya 

Soda  fountains,  4x9-in.  drum  trap 4 2 

Bar  wastes,  4x9-in.  drum  trap 4 2 

Fountain  cuspidors 1}4 


§ 38.  Setting  of  Traps  and  Traps  Without  Re-vent.  All 
traps  must  be  well  supported  and  set  true  with  respect  to  their 
water  levels.  All  bath  tubs  shall  be  supplied  with  drum  traps 
with  trap  screw  on  floor  line.  In  cases  where  an  additional 
fixture  is  required  in  a building,  and  it  is  impossible  to  get 
re-vent  for  the  trap,  the  Plumbing  Inspector  shall  designate 
the  kind  of  trap  to  be  used.  This  shall  not  be  construed  to 
allow  traps  without  re-vents  in  new  buildings.  All  traps 
shall  be  vented  from  the  crown  of  the  trap,  and  no  continuous 
vent  less  than  two  (2)  inches  in  diameter  shall  be  allowed. 


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§ 39.  Weight  of  Lead  Traps,  Bends,  and  Size  of  Tubing 
for  Brass  Traps.  All  lead  traps  and  bends  shall  be  extra 
heavy  drawn  traps  and  bends,  and  all  traps,  whether  lead  or 
brass,  shall  have  a union  vent  connection.  No  union  joints 
other  than  ground  seats  will  be  allowed  on  sewer  side  of  trap 
seal.  Weight  of  tubing  in  brass  trap  shall  not  be  less  than 
No.  18  standard  gauge  tubing. 

§ 40.  Quality  of  Lead  Pipe  and  Weights. 


Weight  per  Foot 

Caliber 

Pounds 

Ounces 

\y4-\nch  pipe 

5 



lF2-inch  pipe 

! 4 

2 -inch  pipe 

5 

.... 

23/2-inch  pipe 

: 6 

3 -inch  pipe 

6 

3 

4 -inch  pipe 

8 

.... 

All  sheet  lead  used  for  tank  linings,  lead  safes  and  roof 
flashings  must  not  weigh  less  than  three  (3)  pounds  to  the 
square  foot. 


§ 41.  Ventilation  of  Traps  and  Soil  Lines.  Traps  shall 
be  protected  from  syphonage  of  air  pressure  by  special  vent 
pipes  of  size  not  less  than  the  following  table: 


Size 

Maximum  de- 

No. of  Traps 

No.  of  Traps  No.  of 

of 

veloped  length 

1%-in. 

2-in. 

Water 

Pipe 

in  feet 

or  less 

or  less 

Closets 

1^-inch  vent 

20 

1 

1^-inch  vent 

30 

2 

1 

2 -inch  vent 

40 

14 

6 

3 

2^-inch  vent 

65 

24 

12 

6 

3 -inch  vent 

100 

48 

24 

12 

3^-inch  vent 

130 

100 

50 

25 

4 -inch  vent 

160 

160 

80 

40 

For  five  (5)  inch  traps  and  over,  the  vent  shall  be  one-half 
the  diameter  of  the  trap. 

§ 42.  Material  for  Vent  Pipes.  All  vent  pipes  must 
either  be  of  cast  iron,  brass  or  lead.  All  house  drains  and 


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soil  lines  on  which  a water  closet  is  located  must  have  a four- 
inch  main  vent  line.  Relief  vent  for  water  closets  must  not 
be  less  than  two  (2)  inches  in  diameter. 

§ 43.  Horizontal  and  Vertical  Vent  Pipes.  Where  rows 
of  fixtures  are  placed  in  a line,  fittings  of  not  less  than  forty- 
five  (45)  degrees  to  the  horizontal  must  be  used  in  vent  lines 
to  prevent  filling  wkh  rust  or  condensation;  except  on  brick 
or  tile  walls,  where  it  is  necessary  to  channel  same  for  pipes, 
ninety  (9G)  degree  fittings  will  be  allowed.  Trapped  vent 
pipes  are  strictly  prohibited.  No  vent  pipe  from  house  side 
of  any  trap  shall  connect  with  ventilation  pipe,  or  sewer,  soil 
or  waste  pipe.  Where  a vertical  re-vent  is  run  a distance  of 
more  than  ten  (10)  feet,  same  shall  connect  back  into  the  soil 
or  waste  pipe  below  the  lowest  fixture,  with  fittings  not  less 
then  forty-five  (45)  degrees. 

Vent  pipes  from  several  traps  may  be  connected  together, 
or  may  be  carried  into  the  main  vent  lines  above  highest 
fixture,  when  the  distance  is  not  more  than  ten  (10)  feet  to 
main  vent.  Branch  vent  pipes  must  be  connected  as  near  to 
the  crown  of  trap  as  possible.  No  re-vent  shall  be  run  di- 
rectly horizontal  from  a trap  over  twelve  (12)  inches,  nor 
more  than  two  (2)  feet  for  the  re-vent  of  any  closet  bend.  All 
re-vents  must  be  run  above  the  highest  fixture,  and  all 
branches  must  be  taken  out  and  run  not  less  than  one  (1)  foot 
above  the  fixtures. 

§ 44.  Overflow  Pipes.  Overflow  pipes  from  fixtures 
must  in  all  cases  be  connected  on  the  inlet  side  of  traps. 

§ 45.  Sediment  Pipes.  Sediment  pipes  from  range 
boilers  must  not  be  connected  directly  to  any  sewer,  soil  or 
waste  pipe ; same  may  empty  into  an  open  fixture. 

§ 46.  Safe  and  Refrigerator  Waste  Pipes.  Safe  waste 
pipes  must  not  connect  directly  with  any  part  of  the  plumbing 
system.  Safe  waste  pipes  must  discharge  over  an  o])en,  water- 
supplied,  publicly  placed,  ordinary  used  sink  or  floor  drain, 
placed  not  more  than  three  and  one-half  (3j/2)  feet  above  the 
floor.  The  safe  waste  from  a refrigerator  must  be  trapped  and 


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must  not  discharge  upon  the  ground  floor,  but  over  an  ordin- 
ary portable  pan,  or  some  properly  trapped,  water-supplied 
sink,  as  above.  In  no  case  shall  the  refrigerator  waste  pipe 
discharge  over  a sink  located  in  a room  used  for  living  pur- 
poses. 

The  branches  on  vertical  lines  must  be  made  by  “Y”  fit- 
tings, and  carried  to  the  safe  with  as  much  pitch  as  possible. 
Where  there  is  an  offset  on  a refrigerator  waste  pipe  there 
must  be  clean-outs  to  control  all  the  horizontal  parts  of  the 
pipe. 

In  tenement  and  lodging  houses  the'  refrigerator  waste 
pipes  must  extend  above  the  roof,  not  larger  than  two  (2) 
inches,  nor  the  branches  less  than  one  and  one-quarter  (1^) 
inches,  each  refrigerator  branch  or  waste  must  be  separately 
trapped.  Lead  safes  must  be  graded  and  neatly  turned  over 
beveled  strips  at  their  edges.  Same  shall  be  tested  and  ap- 
proved. 

§ 47.  Material  to  be  Approved  by  the  Plumbing  In- 
spector. All  material,  traps,  floor  drains  and  valves  used  in 
a drainage  or  plumbing  system  must  be  approved  by  the 
Plumbing  Inspector  before  same  will  be  allowed  to  be  in- 
stalled. 

§ 48.  Durham  System.  The  Durham  system  of  house 
drainage  may  be  used  in  fire-proof  buildings  only.  All  fittings 
and  pipes  must  be  galvanized.  It  shall  comply  with  a special 
permit  from  the  Plumbing  Inspector,  and  shall  in  all  respects 
be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  health  department. 

§ 49.  Diameter  and  Weight  of  Ferrules.  Brass  ferrules 
must  be  of  best  quality,  bell  shaped,  extra  heavy  cast  brass, 
not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  long  and  two  and  one-quarter 
(2^)  inches,  three  and  one-half  (3^)  inches,  and  four  and 
one-half  (4j4)  inches  in  diameter,  and  not  less  than  the  fol- 
lowing weights : 

Diameter,  2^  inches ; weight,  1 pound. 

Diameter,  3^  inches  ; weight,  1 pound,  12  ounces. 

Diameter,  4^^  inches  ; weight,  2 pounds,  8 ounces. 


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§ 50.  Clean-outs.  Screw  caps  for  clean-outs  must  be 
extra  heavy  brass,  not  less  than  one-eighth  (34)  of  an  inch 
thick.  The  screw  cap  must  have  a solid  square  nut,  not  less 
than  one-half  (^)  inch  high.  The  body  of  the  clean-out  fer- 
rule must  at  least  equal  in  thickness  and  diameter  the  caulk- 
ing ferrule  for  the  same  size  pipe. 

Clean-outs  must  be  placed  as  follows : 

At  the  front  or  rear  wall  where  house  drain  enters. 

At  the  bottom  of  each  vertical  soil  or  waste  or  inside  rain 
leader  pipe  that  runs  to  the  height- of  one  or  more  stories. 

In  every  horizontal  line  of  waste  that  is  run  more  than  five 
(5)  feet  from  the  main  stack.  In  all  horizontal  lines  of  waste 
twenty-five  (25)  feet  apart. 

In  horizontal  sink  wastes  run  under  ground,  every  twenty 
(20)  feet  apart. 

§ 51.  Hangers,  Rests  and  Supports.  All  horizontal  lines 
of  piping  above  ground  must  be  practically  constructed  to  a 
uniform  grade  not  less  than  a quarter  inch  fall  to  a foot 
and  suspended  with  neat  durable  hangers  of  iron,  steel  or 
brass,  placed  not  to  exceed  five  (5)  feet  apart;  same  to  be  in 
place  when  roughing-in  inspection  is  called  for. 

Horizontal  lines  of  lead  work  shall  be  supported  under  its 
full  length  with  permanent  supports,  in  such  a manner  as  to 
prevent  sagging  of  lead. 

Vertical  line^;’  of  piping  shall  be  supported  on  metallic  and 
heavy  cast  iron  rests  on  each  floor,  and  must  be  plumb.  Each 
stub  vent  or  waste  run  through  floor  or  wall  must  be  securely 
stayed  in  its  respective  position. 

§ 52.  Grease  Traps.  Grease  traps  for  restaurants  and 
hotels  shall  be  of  such  size  and  pattern  as  will  be  approved  by 
the  Plumbing  Inspector.  Same  must  have  a cold  water  jacket 
or  cooling  coil-  to  congeal  the  grease. 

§ 53.  Garage  Drains.  Auto  and  carriage  washes  shall 
discharge  into  a cast  iron  catch  basin;  the  size  and  pattern  of 


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same  must  be  approved  by  the  Plum1)ing  Inspector  before 
same  shall  be  installed. 

§ 54.  Bar  Wastes  and  Soda  Fountains.  To  connect  any 
bar  vcaste  or  soda  fountain,  a special  permit  must  be  obtained 
from  the  Plumbing  Inspector.  Such  work  and  material  must 
be  inspected  and  approved  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector  when 
completed. 

§ 55.  Testing  Tools  and  Machines.  Every  master 
plumber  shall  maintain  his  own  testing  tools  and  machines. 
Such  tools  and  machines  must  be  approved  by  the  Plumbing 
Inspector  before  any  tests  will  be  allowed  or  approved. 

§ 56.  Connections  for  Closet  Vents.  Rubber  connections 
for  back  vents  will  not  be  permitted. 

§ 57.  Ventilators  Prohibited.  No  brick,  sheet  metal  or 
earthenware  flue,  or  chimney  flue,  shall  be  used  as  a sewer 
ventilator  or  to  ventilate  any  trap,  drain,  soil  or  waste  pipe. 

§ 58.  Soldering  Nipples.  Soldering  nipples  must  be 
extra  heavy  brass,  or  brass  pipe,  iron  pipe  size. 

§ 59.  Setting  of  Fixtures.  The  closet  and  all  other  fixtures 
must  be  set  open  and  free  from  all  inclosing  wood  or  other 
wo'rk.  Where  water  closets  will  not  support  rim  seat,  the 
seat  must  be  supported  on  galvanized  iron  legs,  and  a drip 
tray  must  be  used,  which  tray  must  be  porcelain,  enameled 
on  both  sides  and  secured  in  place.  In  tenement  houses  and 
lodging  houses,  sinks  must  be  entirely  open,  set  on  iron  legs 
or  brackets,  without  any  inclosing  wood  or  o1»her  work. 

§ 60.  Closets  Prohibited.  Pan,  plunger  or  hopper  closets 
will  not  be  permitted  in  any  building.  No  range  closet, 
either  wet  or  dry,  nor  an  evaporating  system  of  closets,  shall 
be  constructed  or  allowed  inside  of  any  building. 

§ 61.  Water  Closet  Connections  with  Soil  Pipes.  All 

earthenware  traps  must  have  heavy  brass  floor  plates  soldered 
to  the  lead  bends  and  bolted  to  the  trap  flange,  and  the  joints 
made  permanently  secure  and  gas-tight  by  means  of  grafting 
wax  or  other  approved  substance. 


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§ 62.  Water  Closets,  Where  Located.  Water  closets  must 
not  be  located  in  sleeping  apartments,  nor  in  any  room  or  com- 
partment which  has  not  direct  communication  with  external 
air  by  window  of  at  least  four  square  feet,  or  approved  air 
shaft. 

§ 63.  Water  Closets,  How  Supplied.  No  water  closet 
except  flush  meters,  volumeters  or  similar  devices  shall  be 
supplied  directly  from  the  supply  pipes. 

-§  64.  Flushing  Rim  Bowls.  All  water  closets  must  have 
flushing  rim  bowls. 

§ 65.  Water  Closets  to  be  Supplied  from  Flushing  Tanks, 
except  as  provided  in  Section  53.  Water  closets  within  build- 
ing shall  be  supplied  with  water  from  special  tanks  or 
cisterns,  which  shall  hold  not  less  than  six  (6)  gallons  when 
full  to  the  level  of  the  overflow  pipe  for  each  closet  supplied, 
excepting  automatic  or  syphon  tanks,  which  shall  hold  not 
less  than  five  (5)  gallons  for  each  closet  supplied.  A group 
of  closets  must  not  be  flushed  from  the  same  tank,  excepting 
flush  meters,  volumeters  or  similar  devices.  The  water  in 
said  tanks  must  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose. 

§ 66.  Fixtures  in  Basement.  Where  fixtures  are  to  be  set 
in  a basement  or  cellar  where  same  is  liable  to  back  sewerage, 
a back  pressure  valve  and  gate  valve  must  be  installed  in  such 
a manner  as  not  to  interfere  with  any  other  part  of  the  plumb- 
ing or.  drainage  system.  A special  permit  is  required  from 
the  Plumbing  Inspector  before  same  is  installed  or  approved. 

§ 67.  Water  Closets  for  Tenement  Houses.  In  no  case 
will  the  water  closet  system  of  tenement  or  lodging  houses 
be  permitted  in  cellars,  basements  or  under  sidewalks,  unless 
approved  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

§ 68.  Number  of  Closets  Required.  In  all  sewer  con- 
nected buildings  hereafter  erected  there  must  be  at  least  one 
water  closet,  and  there  must  be  additional  closets  so  that 
there  will  never  be  more  than  fifteen  persons  per  closet.  In 
lodging  houses  where  there  are  more  than  fifteen  persons  on 


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any  floor  there  must  be  an  additional  water  closet  on  that 
floor  for  every  fifteen  additional  persons  or  fraction  thereof. 

§ 69.  Water  Closet  Apartments.  In  tenement  houses, 
lodging  houses,  factories,  work  shops  and  all  public  buildings 
the  entire  water  closet  apartments  and  sidewalls  to  a height  of 
six  (6)  inches  from  the  floor,  except  at  the  door,  must  be 
made  water  proof  with  asphalt,  cement,  tile  or  other  water- 
proof material,  as  approved  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector.  In 
tenement  houses  and  lodging  houses  the  water  closets  and 
urinal  apartments  must  have  a window  or  windows  opening 
into  the  outer  air  of  sufficient  size,  all  of  which  shall  be  shown 
on  plans,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Plumbing 
Inspector.  Except  that  tenement  or  lodging  houses  three 
stories  or  less  in  height  may  have  such  window  opening  on  a 
ventilating  shaft  not  less  than  ten  (10)  square  feet  in  area. 
In  all  buildings  the  outer  partition  of  such  apartments  must 
extend  to  the  ceiling  or  be  independently  ceiled  over,  and 
these  partitions  must  be  air  tight.  The  outside  partitions 
must  include  a window  opening  to  outer  air  on  the  lot 
whereon  the  building  is  situated,  or  some  other  approved 
means  of  ventilation  must  be  provided.  When  necessary  to 
properly  light  such  apartments,  the  upper  part  of  the  parti- 
tions must  be  of  glass.  The  interior  partitions  of  such  apart- 
ments must  be  dwarf  partitions.  Water  closet  apartments 
must  not  be  placed  in  a dining  room,  kitchen  or  sleeping 
apartment,  nor  be  placed  in  any  room  or  compartment  which 
has  not  direct  communication  with  external  air,  either  by 
window  or  air  shaft,  of  at  least  four  square  feet.  And  when 
any  window  ventilating  any  water  closet  compartment  or  bath 
room  opens  directly  into  a vent  shaft,  no  window  of  any  room, 
other  than  water  closet  compartment,  bath  room,  pantry  or 
hall,  shall  open  into  such  vent  shaft.  * 

§ 70.  Construction  of  Urinals.  All  urinals  must  be  con- 
structed of  materials  impervious  to  moisture  and  that  will  not 
corrode  under  the  action  of  urine.  The  floor  and  walls  of 
urinal  apartments  must  be  lined  with  similar  non-absorbent 
and  non-corrosive  material. 


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§ 71.  Flush  Pipes.  Water  closet  flush  pipes  must  not  be 
less  than  one  and  one-quarter  (134)  inches,  and  urinal  flush 
pipes  one-half  (34)  inch  in  diameter. 

§ 72.  Lining  for  Closets  and  Urinal  Cisterns.  The  cop- 
per lining  of  water  closets  and  urinal  cisterns  must  not  be 
lighter  than  twelve  (12)  ounce  copper.  Where  lead  is  used 
for  lining,  it  must  not  weigh  less  than  three  (3)  pounds  to 
the  square  foot.  All  other  materials  are  prohibited. 

§ 73.  Fixtures  Prohibited.  Wooden  wash  trays,  sinks 
Or  bath  tubs  are  prohibited  inside  of  buildings.  Such  fixtures 
must  be  constructed  of  non-absorbent  material.  Cement  or 
artificial  stone  tubs  will  not  be  permitted,  unless  approved  by 
the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

§ 74.  Yard  Water  Closets.  Water  closets,  when  located 
in  yard,  must  be  so  arranged  as  to  be  conveniently  and 
adequately  flushed,  and  the  water  supply  pipes  and  traps  pro- 
tected from  freezing  by  being  placed  in  a hopper  pit  at  least 
four  (4)  feet  below,  the  surface  of  the  ground,  the  walls  of 
which  pit  shall  be  constructed  of  hard-burned  brick  or  stone 
laid  in  cement  mortar,  or  of  concrete.  The  walls  for  pit, 
where  one  (1)  closet  is  installed,  may  be  four  (4)  inches  in 
thickness;  or  salt  glazed  sewer  pipe  thirty-six  (36)  inches  in 
diameter  may  be  used.  Where  pit  is  for  more  than  one  (1) 
closet,  the  wall  shall  be  eight  (8)  inches  in  thickness.  The 
soil  pipe  and  traps  used  insvde^pit  must  be  extra  heavy  cast 
iron,  and  the  trap  to  have  hand  hole  for  cleanout  purposes 
with  cleanout  caulked  in.  If  the  closet  is  located  in  the  rear 
of  a soil  or  vent  pipe,  the  drain  on  which  it  is  located  shall  be 
vented  with  a four  (4)  inch  pipe,  carried  above  roof  of  closet, 
away  from  any  opening  or  window.  All  outside  closets  shall 
be  of  the  tank  pattern.  The  water  to  be  supplied  to  tank 
through  an  automatic  seat  action  valve.  The  waste  from 
valve  may  be  permitted  to  discharge  into  house  drain  on  the 
house  side  of  trap.  The  enclosure  of  yard  water  closet  shall 
be  ventilated  by  slatted  openings,  and  there  shall  be  a trap 
door  of  sufficient  size  to  permit  of  convenient  access  to  the 


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hopper  pit  ; or  tank  may  be  placed  in  house,  operated  with 
chain  and  pulley  through  wall.  Pitless  closet  may  be  used, 
in  which  case  cleanout  must  be  brought  out  above  closet  floor. 

§ 75.  . Cesspools  dnd  Privy  Vaults.  No  privy  vault  or 
cesspool  for  sewage  shall  hereafter  be  constructed  in  any  part 
of  the  city  where  a sewer  is  at  all  accessilfle;  the  necessity  of 
such  construction  shall  be  determined  by  the  Plumbing  In- 
spector. Nor  shall  it  be  lawful  to  continue  a privy  vault  or 
cesspool  on  any  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  ground  abutting  on  or 
contiguous  to  any  public  sewer  within  the  city  limits,  when  in 
the  opinion  of  the  health  department  same  is  a nuisance.  The 
health  department  shall  have  the  power  to  issue  notice  giv- 
ing at  least  thirty  (30)  days’  time  to  discontinue  the  use  of 
any  cesspool  or  privy  vault  and  have  it  cleaned  and  filled  up. 
No  connection  for  any  cesspool  or  privy  vault  shall  be  made 
with  any  sewer;  nor  shall  any  water  closet  or  house  drain 
empty  into  a cesspool  or  privy  vault. 

§ 76.  In  Districts  Where  No  Sewer  Exists.  In  rural  dis- 
tricts, or  districts  where  no  sewer  exists,  privy  vaults  shall 
not  be  located  within  two  (2)  feet  of  party  or  street  line,  nor 
within  thirty  (30)  feet  from  any  dwelling.  Before  any  privy 
vault  shall  be  constructed  application  for  permission  therefor 
shall  be  made  to  the  health  department;  and  such  privy  vault 
shall  have  eight  (8)  inch  walls,  constructed  of  hard  burned 
brick  or  stone,  laid  in  cement  mortar,  or  of  concrete,  with 
bottom  and  sides  cemented  so  as  to  be  water-tight  ; size  to  be 
not  less  than  four  (4)  feet  in  diameter  and  six  (6)  feet  deep. 

§ 77.  Material  and  Workmanship.  All  material  used  in 
the  work  of  plumbing  and  drainage  must  be  of  good  quality 
and  free  from  defects.  The  work  must  be  executed  in  a thor- 
ough and  workmanlike  manner. 

§ 78.  No  Person  to  Allow  Name  to  be  Used.  No  person, 
firm  or  corporation  carrying  on  the  business  of  plumbing  and 
house  drainage  shall  allow  his  or  her  name  to  be  used  by  any 
person,  directly  or  indirectly,  either  to  obtain  a permit  or 
permits  or  to  do  any  work  under  his  or  their  license. 


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§ 79.  Terms  Used.  The  term  “private  sewer”  is  applied 
to  main  sewers  that  are  not  constructed  by  and  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements. 

The  term  “house  sewer”  is  applied  to  that  part  of  the  main 
drain  or  sewer  extending  from  a point  five  (5)  feet  outside  of 
the  outer  wall  of  a building,  vault  or  area  to  its  connection 
with  public  sewer,  private  sewer  or  cesspool. 

The  term  “house  drain”  is  applied  to  that  part  of  the  main 
horizontal  drain  ancfiits  branches  inside  the  walls  of  the  build- 
ing, vault  or  area  and  extending  to  and  connecting  with  the 
house  sewer. 

The  term  “soil  pipe”  is  applied  to  any  vertical  line  of  pipe 
extending  through  the  roof,  receiving  the  discharge  of  one  or 
more  water  closets,  with  or  without  fixtures. 

The  term  “vent  pipe”  is  applied  to  any  special  pipe  pro- 
vided to  ventilate  the  system  of  piping,  and  to  prevent  trap 
syphonage  and  back  pressure. 

§ 80.  Changes  to  be  Made.  Whenever  it  shall  come  to 
the  knowledge  of  the  health  department,  or  complaint  in  writ- 
ing shall  be  made  by  any  citizen,  that  the  plumbing  or  drain- 
age in  any  building  has  become  a nuisance,  or  is  contrary  to 
the  provisions  and  requirements  of  any  ordinance  of  the  city, 
or  is  of  faulty  construction,  and  liable  to  breed  disease  or 
endanger  the  health  of  the  occupants,  or  upon  the  request  of 
any  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building  fitted  with  plumbing 
or  drainage  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  then 
the  health  department  shall  direct  the  proper  officer  to 
examine  the  ])lumbing  or  drainage  in  an)^  such  building,  and 
the  said  officer  shall  make  a drawing  of  the  plans  of  said 
plumbing,  drainage  and  sewer  and  ventilating  shaft  connec- 
tions. He  shall  report  his  findings  in  writing  to  the  health 
department  and  suggest  such  changes  as  are  necessary  to 
make  the  same  conform  to  the  ordinances  governing  such 
matters. 

The  health  department  shall  thereupon  notify  the 
owner  or  agent  of  any  such  building  of  the  changes  which 


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are  necessary  to  be  made  in  said  plumbing  or  drainage.  Said 
changes  shall  be  made  within  the  time  fixed  by  the  health 
department;  and  upon  refusal  or  neglect  to  obey  such  orders, 
the  health  department  shall  institute  legal  proceedings  to  have 
such  changes  made  and  said  nuisance  abated. 

§ 81.  First  Inspection.  When  drain,  soil,  waste,  vent  and 
other  pipes  in  the  building  connected,  or  to  be  connected,  with 
the  sewer  have  been  placed  in  position,  a preliminary  water 
or  air  test  of  the  same  shall  be  applied  in  the  presence  of  the 
Plumbing  Inspector. 

§ 82.  Final  Test.  When  the  work  has  been  completed  a 
final  notice  shall  be  filed  with  the  Plumbing  Inspector,  when 
a final  air  test  shall  be  made  in  the  presence  of  said  officer, 
when,  if  found  satisfactory,  a certificate  of  approval  of  the 
work  will  be  issued;  but  no  such  plumbing  or  drainage  work 
or  system  shall  be  used  until  said  test  has  been  made  and  cer- 
tificate issued. 

That  the  Plumbing  Inspector  shall,  when  inspecting 
plumbing  in  any  property,  also  inspect  and  report  to  the  City 
Clerk,  on  cards  to  be  furnished  him  by  the  City  Clerk  for 
that  purpose,  giving  the  number  of  rooms  in  said  property 
and  the  number  of  fixtures  or  other  things  on  the  premises 
for  which  a charge  is  made  for  water  furnished  from  or 
through  the  Rock  Island  City  Waterworks. 

§ 83.  Inspection.  When  work  is  ready  for  inspection 
the  plumbing  contractor  shall  make  such  arrangements  as  will 
enable  the  Plumbing  Inspector  to  reach  all  parts  of  the  build- 
ing easily  and  readily,  and  also  have  present  the  proper 
apparatus  and  appliances  for  making  said  tests,  and  furnish 
such  assistance  as  may  be  necessary  to  a proper  application 
of  the  same. 

§ 84.  In  Case  of  Disputes.  In  case  of  any  dispute  or 
difference  of  opinion  existing  between  the  Plumbing  In- 
spector and  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  as  aforesaid,  re- 
garding the  construction  of  plumbing,  house  drainage,  or 
cesspools,  the  same  shall  be  submitted  by  either  party  to  the 


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Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety,  who  shall  pass 
upon  the  same,  and  whose  finding's  therein,  after  hearing, 
shall  be  final  and  conclusive  upon  all  parties. 

§ 85.  Power  of  Inspector.  For  the  purpose  of  enforcing 
the  requirements  of  the  laws  and  regulations  relating  to 
plumbing  and  house  drainage,  the  Plumbing  Inspector  shall 
be  permitted  to  enter  any  house  or  building,  ground  or 
premises  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  at  all  times  during  the 
twenty-four  hours,  day  or  night,  to  thoroughly  examine  said 
plumbing,  drainage  or  any  nuisance  that  would  afifect  the 
public  health;  and  he  shall  notify,  or  cause  to  be  notified,  the 
owner,  agent  or  occupant  of  the  ground  or  premises  in  or  on 
which  such  violation  or  nuisance  shall  be  found  to  correct, 
remove  or  abate  the  same. 

No  person  or  persons  shall  hinder  or  obstruct,  or  in  any 
manner  interfere  with  the  Plumbing  Inspector  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Health  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  in  the  per- 
formance of  his  duties  as  such. 

§ 86.  Unsanitary  Buildings.  When  unsanitary  condi- 
tions exist  in  any  public  building,  school,  church  or  college 
of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Health,  is  a menace  to  the  health  of  the 
people  who  may  assemble  therein,  and  notice  having  been 
served  to  correct  same,  and  said  notice  not  having  been  com- 
plied with,  the  Department  of  Public  Health  shall  thereupon 
order  such  building  or  buildings  closed  until  said  conditions 
are  corrected  and  a certificate  issued  for  the  reopening  of 
said  building  or  buildings. 

§ 87.  Sinks  and  Closets  in  Tenement  Houses  and  Public 
Buildings.  All  tenement  houses  and  public  buildings  shall 
be  provided  with  properly  wasted,  trapped,  vented  sinks  and 
water  closets,  with  running  water,  for  the  accommodation  of 
each  family  occupying  said  house,  houses  or  building. 

§ 88.  Floors  of  Water  Closet  Apartments.  Floors  of 
water  closet  apartments,  when  in  cellars  or  basements,  shall  be 


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of  some  non-absorbent  materiab  Floors  of  market  houses, 
restaurants  or  hotel  kitchens  shall  be  of  some  non-absorbent 
material,  such  as  tile,  cement  or  asphalt. 

§ 89.  Permits  for  Sewer  Connections.  Before  any  per- 
mits for  any  sewer  connections  are  issued,  the  plumber  will 
be  required  to  file  plans  and  specifications  for  plumbing  of 
said  building  or  buildings,  and  no  permit  will  be  issued  to 
carry  sewer  or  drains  farther  than  the  curb  line  without  said 
plans  and  specifications  for  the  completion  of  the  entire  work 
of  plumbing  and  drainage  in  said  proposed  building  or 
buildings. 

§ 90.  Violations  and  Fines.  Any  person  or  persons  who 
shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance regarding  the  procuring  of  a license  or  certificate  to 
engage  in  or  work  at  the  business  of  plumbing  or  house  drain- 
age, except  in  case  of  the  repairing  of  leaks,  shall  be  liable 
to  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  exceeding  fifty 
($50)  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  he  or  they  shall  engage 
in  or  work  at  said  business  without  first  having  obtained  said 
certificate  or  license;  and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  requirements  set  forth  in  this  ordinance 
regarding  the  construction,  re-construction  or  testing  of 
plumbing,  house  drainage  or  cesspools  shall  be  liable,  for* 
every  such  offense,  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  fifty  ($50)  dollars.  All  fines  and  penalties 
imposed  by  this  ordinance  recoverable  by  summary  proceed- 
ings before  any  police  magistrate  or  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
all  actions  at  law  instituted  for  the  recovery  thereof  shall  be 
in  the  name  and  for  the  use  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  and 
upon  recovery  thereof,  all  such  fines  and  penalties  shall  be 
paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island.  In 
default  (ff  the  payment  of  any  fine  or  penalty  imposed  by  any 
police  magistrate  or  justice  of  the  peace,  under  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance,  the  person  or  persons  so  offending  may  be 
committed  to  the  jail  or  other  penal  institution  for  a period 
not  exceeding  thirty  (30)  days. 


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CHAPTER  41 

POLICE 

Section  1.  Police  Department — How  Constituted.  The 
police  department  of  said  city  shall  consist  of  the  Chief  of 
Police,  an  Assistant  Chief  or  Nigdit  Captain, _ one  Police 
Matron,  city  detectives,  and  such  policemen  as  shall  from 
time  to  time  be  appointed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Health 
and  Public  Safety,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Council, 
who  shall  act  and  be  known  as  police  officers  of  said  city. 

§ 2.  Head  of  Department — Powers  to  Establish  Police 
Regulations.  The  Commissioner  of  Health  and  Public  Safety 
shall  be  the  head  of  the  police  department,  and  shall  superin- 
tend and  direct  the  police  generally,  and  from  time  to  time 
give  such  directions  as  he  may  deem  proper  and  necessary 
for  the  preservation  of  the  peace  and  good  order  and  the 
enforcing  of  the  laws  and  ordinances  of  said  city;  and  may, 
from  time  to  time,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Council, 
make  and  establish  such  police  regulations  as  may  by  him  be 
deemed  expedient  or  necessary  for  the  government  and  con- 
trol of  the  police  department  and  to  promote  the  efficiency 
and  usefulness  of  the  members  thereof.  Such  police  regula- 
tions may  prescribe  the  duties  of  the  police  officers  and  police- 
men more  specifically  than  is  herein  contained,  and  may  pro- 
vide such  penalties  and  forfeitures  for  neglect  of  duty  or  im- 
proper conduct  (such  as  removal,  suspension  from  pay,  line 
or  reprimand)  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  and  expedient 
for  the  proper  regulation  of  the  different  members  of  the 
police  department,  which  rules  shall  be  in  writing,  or  printed, 
signed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Health  and  Public  Safety, 
and  be  binding  on  all  officers  connected  with  the  department 
after  notice  thereof.  A copy  of  such  rules  shall  be  delivered 
to  each  policeman,  and  also  be  posted  conspicuously  in  the 
police  station. 

He  shall  have  power, .on  the  application  of  any  person  or 
pe’rsons,  showing  the  necessity  thereof,  to  appoint  and  swear 
in  any  additional  number  of  special  patrolmen  on  the  police 


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force  to  do  special  duty  at  any  fixed  place  within  the  city,  at 
the  charge  and  expense  of  the  person  or  persons  by  whom  the 
application  is  made,  and  shall  keep  a correct  list  of  all  per- 
sons so  appointed  ; and  persons  so  appointed  shall  conform  to 
and  be  subject  to  all  rules  and  regulations  governing  the 
police  force  of  the  city,  and  to  such  special  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  the  said  Commissioner  may  make  concerning  such 
police  patrolmen.  They  shall  possess  all  the  powers,  privi- 
leges and  duties  of  the  regular  police  patrolmen  at  the  places 
for  which  they  are  respectively  appointed,  and  may  be  re- 
moved or  discharged  from  service  at  any  time  by  the  said 
Commissioner  without  assigning  any  cause  therefor. 

§ 3,  Chief  of  Police — Duties — Monthly  Reports.  The 
Chief  of  Police  shall  be  the  acting  head  of  the  police,  depart- 
ment, and  all  policemen  shall  be  in  subordination  to  him. 
It  shall  be  his  duty  to  cause  the  public  peace  to  be  preserved 
and  to  see  that  all  laws  and  ordinances  are  enforced,  and 
whenever  any  violation  thereof  shall  come  to  his  knowledge, 
or  be  reported  to  him,  he  shall  cause  the  requisite  complaint 
to  be  made  and  see  that  the  proper  evidence  is  procured  for 
a successful  prosecution  of  the  offender  or  offenders.  He 
and  his  subordinates  shall  obey  all  such  police  rules  as  may  be 
established  for  the  regulation  of  the  police  department,  and 
shall  (in  subordination  to  the  said  Commissioner),  in  case  of 
riot,  tumult  or  insurrection,  or  threatening  thereof,  take  com- 
mand in  person  of  the  police  officers  and  direct  their  move- 
ments and  operations  in  discharge  of  their  duties.  He  shall 
keep  a record  and  make  report  to  the  Council  monthly,  and 
also  at  and  before  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  of  the  opera- 
tions of  the  police  department  in  conformity  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  police  rules.  He  shall  be  responsible  for  the 
efficiency,  general  conduct  and  good  order  of  his  department, 
and  shall  promptly  report  to  the  said  Commissioner  in  writ- 
ing all  complaints  made  to  him  or  in  any  way  coming  to  his 
knowledge  prejudicial  to  the  honesty,  sobriety  and  faithful- 
ness-of  any  of  his  subordinates. 

§ 4.  Policemen — Powers  and  Duties — Daily  Reports  "to 
Chief — Record  to  be  Kept  by  Chief.  Each  member  of  the 


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police  department  shall  have  power  to  arrest  all  persons  in 
the  city  found  in  the  act  of  violating  any  law  or  ordinance, 
or  aiding  or  abetting  in  any  such  violation,  or  any  person 
whom  the  officer  has  reasonable  grounds  for  believing  has 
committed  a public  offense,  and  who  is  liable  to  escape  before 
a complaint  can  be  filed  and  a warrant  issued  for  his  or  her 
arrest,  and  forthwith  take  all  such  persons  so  arrested  to  the 
office  of  the  police  magistrate  or  some  justice  of  the  peace 
for  trial.  They  shall  have  power  and  authority  in  the  city  to 
serve  and  execute  warrants  and  other  processes  for  the  appre- 
hension and  commitment  of  persons  charged  with,  held  for 
examination  or  trial  for,  or  taken  in  the  act  of  committing  any 
crime  or  misdemeanor,  or  violating  any  law  or  ordinance  of 
the  city,  in  the  same  manner  and  with  like  authority  as  a con- 
stable by  the  laws  of  the  state.  All  policemen  shall  daily 
report  to  the  Chief  all  arrests  made  during  the  day  or  night, 
and  all  material  facts  relating  to  them;  and  the  Chief  shall 
keep  a book  in  which  shall  be  recorded  all  arrests  made  by 
the  police  department,  and  .the  offenses  for  which  the  arrests 
were  made,  and  where  the  same  were  made,  by  number  and 
street. 

§ 5.  Policemen  May  Enter  Building  by  Force  and  Make 
Arrests  Therein  in  Certain  Cases,  The  Mayor,  any  Commis- 
sioner, the  Chief  and  x\ssistant  Chief,  and  all  police  officers 
shall  have  power  and  authority  in  a peaceable  manner,  or  if 
refused  admittance  after  proper  demand  made,  with  force,  to 
enter  into  any  house,  store,  shop,  grocery  or  other  building 
whatever  in  the  city  in  which  any  person  may  be  or  be 
reasonably  suspected  by  any  such  officer  to  be  for  any  unlawful 
purpose;  and  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  be  found  therein 
guilty  of  any  crime  or  misdemeanor  or  violation  of  any  ordi- 
nance for  the  preservation  of  the  peace  and  good  order  of  the 
city,  or  who  may  by  such  officer  be  reasonably  suspected 
thereof,  or  of  aiding  or  abetting  in  any  such  offense,  said 
police  officer  shall  apprehend  and  keep  in  custody  such  person 
or  persons  as  in  case  of  other  arrests  made  by  police  officers. 

§ 6.  Duties  of  Policemen — Not  to  Engage  in  Business 
that  May  Interfere,  nor  Absent  Themselves  Without  Permis- 


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sion.  The  Chief,  Assistant  Chief  and  all  police  officers  shall 
devote  their  time  and  attention  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties 
of  their  respective  stations,  according  to  the  laws  and  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  and  the  provisions  of  such  police  regula- 
tions as  may  be  established;  and  it  shall  be  their  duty,  to  the 
best  of  their  ability,  to  preserve  order,  peace  and  quiet,  and 
enforce  all  laws  and  ordinances  throughout  the  city.  They 
shall  not  engage  in  any  business  which  may  withdraw  their 
attention  from  the  police  service,  or  interfere  with  or  unfit 
them  for  the  duties  required  of  them,  and  they  shall  not 
absent  themselves  from  the  city,  nor  from  their  duties,  unless 
by  permission  of  the  Chief  or  the  Commissioner  of  Public 
Health  and  Safety. 

§ 7.  Chief  to  Keep  an  Office — Require  Policemen  to  Re- 
port. The  Chief  of  Police  is  hereby  required  to  keep  and 
maintain  for  the  purpose  of  his  office  an  office  or  place  of 
business  at  the  City  Hall,  where  he  shall  attend  at  all  reason- 
able hours  when  not  called  elsewhere  on  duty,  and  shall  cause 
to  be  fixed  in  some  conspicuous  place  upon  the  front  of  his 
office  a sign  with  the  words  “Police  Station”  legibly  painted 
thereon.  He  shall  require  all  other  police  officers,  at  such 
times  and  in  such  manner  as  he  shall  designate,  to  attend  at 
his  office  or  such  other  rendezvous  as  he  may  appoint,  and 
shall  put  them  upon  such  duty  as  the  existing  emergency  may 
require,  subject  to  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Pub- 
lic Health  and  Safety. 

§ 8.  Policemen  to  Report  and  Render  Assistance  to 
Chief.  The  several  policemen  shall  report  themselves  for 
duty  at  the  office  of  the  Chief,  or  at  such  rendezvous  as  he 
shall  appoint,  at  such  times  as  directed  by  him,  and  shall 
render  him  prompt  and  energetic  assistance  in  the  execution 
of  his  duties,  and  shall  devote  their  time  and  attention  to  the 
preservation  of  the  peace,  quiet  and  good  order  of  the  city, 
and  especially  in  the  respective  districts  to  which  they  may 
be  assigned. 

§ 9.  Police  Guilty  of  Neglect  of  Duty,  etc. — Penalty. 
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refuse  to  perform  any  duty  required  of  him  by  any  law  or 
ordinance  of  the  city,  or  who  shall,  in  the  discharge  of  his 
official  duties,  be  guilty  of  any  fraud,  extortion,  oppression, 
favoritism,  partiality,  or  willful  wrong  or  injustice,  or  who 
shall  enter  any  saloon  while  on  duty,  except  in  the  discharge  ' 
of  his  official  duty,  or  who  shall  use  any  intoxicating  liquors, 
or  engage  in  any  game  of  chance  while  on  duty,  shall  be  dis- 
missed from  his  office  by  the  said  Commissioner. 

§ 10.  Police  Matron — Duties.  The  Police  Matron  shall 
perform  her  duties  under  the  direct  supervision  of  the  Com- 
missioner of  Public  Health  and  Safety,  and  such  Commis- 
sioner may  assign  her  to  such  special  duty,  in  either  the  police 
or  health  departments,  as  he  may  think  necessary  and  de- 
sirable. 

The  Police  Matron  shall  render  all  such  service  as  may  be 
required  of  her  by  the  Chief  of  Police  in  relation  to  female 
prisoners ; and  she  shall  render,  as  a part  of  her  monthly 
report,  a statement  of  the  disposition  made  of  the  cases  of  all 
female  prisoners. 

She  shall  have  charge  of  all  matters  arising  within  the 
police  jurisdiction  of  the  city  relative  to  delinquent  and  de- 
pendent children,  and  all  cases  relative  to  the  neglect  and 
abandonment  of  children. 

She  shall  maintain  as  far  as  possible  a supervision  over 
depots,  parks  and  other  public  places,  and  shall  at  all  times 
take  such  action  and  render  such  services  to  those  falling 
under  her  supervision  as  she  in  her  judgment  shall  deem 
necessary  and  desirable. 

The  Police  Matron  shall  make  a monthly  report  in  writing 
of  the  services  rendered  by  her  as  such. 

§ 11.  Penalty  for  Resisting  Officer.  Whoever  in  the 
city  shall  resist  any  police  officer  or  member  of  the  police 
department  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  or  shall  in  any  way 
interfere  with  or  hinder  or  prevent  him  from  discharging 
his  duty  as  such  officer,  or  shall  attempt  or  endeavor  so  to  do. 


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and  whoever  shall  in  any  manner  assist  any  person  in  custody 
of  any  police  officer  or  member  of  the  police  department  to 
escape  from  such  custody  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five 
($5)  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  court  or  magistrate  before  whom  a convic- 
tion may  be  had. 

§ 12.  Persons  Must  Assist  Police  When  Called  On.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons  in  the  city,  when  called  upon 
by  any  member  of  the  police  department  or  other  police  offi- 
cer, to  promptly  aid  and  assist  him  in  the  execution  of  the 
duties  of  his  office;  whoever  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  give 
such  aid  and  assistance  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  ($5) 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars. 

§ 13.  Falsely  Representing  Police — Penalty.  Any  per- 
son who  shall  falsely  represent  himself  to  be  a member  of 
the  police  department  of  this  city,  or  who  shall  maliciously  or 
with  the  intent  to  deceive  use  or  imitate  any  of  the  signs, 
signals  or  devices  adopted  and  used  by  them,  shall,  on  con- 
viction thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars. 

§ 14.  Taxicab  Drivers,  etc.,  to  Obey  Policemen  at  Depot, 
etc.  Taxicab  drivers,  hackmen,  coachmen,  omnibus  drivers, 
draymen,  porters,  runners  and  other  persons,  when  at  or 
about  any  railroad  depot  or  station  or  steamboat  landing  or 
other  public  place  in  the  city,  shall  obey  the  commands  of  the 
police  officer  or  officers  who  may  be  stationed  or  doing  duty 
at  or  about  such  depots,  stations  or  buildings  or  other  place, 
for  the  preservation  of  order  and  enforcement  of  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city.  Whoever  shall  refuse  to  obey  the  com- 
mands and  directions  of  a police  officer  as  aforesaid  shall,  on 
conviction  of  such  ofi’ense,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  ($5) 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  policemen  to  see  that  all  ordi- 
nances relating  to  taxicab  drivers  and  others  engaged  in  carry- 
ing passengers  for  hire  are  strictly  complied  with,  and  may 
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such  person  not  having  a license  or  not  having  the  number 
of  his  license  upon  his  vehicle,  as  herein  required,  or  not 
having  proper  and  suitable  vehicle,  harness  or  horses,  or 
w'henever  his  horses  are  unruly,  or  he  is  improperly  obstruct- 
ing any  street  or  public  w'ay,  or  is  intoxicated  or  in  any  man- 
ner misbehaving  himself ; and  all  such  orders  shall  be  obeyed 
by  such  person  to  whom  the  same  may  be  given  by  any  police- 
man as  aforesaid. 

§ 14.  Blacklisting  Habitual  Drunkards.  That  any  per- 
son making  complaint  to  the  Chief  of  Police  of  some  other 
person  being  guilty  of  habitual  drunkenness  shall  furnish 
the  Chief  of  Police  with  a photograph  of  such  habitual 
drunkard.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  send 
a notice  to  each  saloon  keeper,  wholesaler  or  cafe  proprietor 
of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  stating  the  name,  age,  residence 
and  general  description,  with  a copy  of  photograph  of  such 
habitual  drunkard,  providing  that  Chief  of  Police  is  furnished 
with  a copy  of  photograph.  The  person  making  such  com- 
plaint is  to  pay  for  all  printing  necessary  to  give  such  notice. 


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CHAPTER  42 

POPCORN  AND  PEANUT  STANDS 

Section  1.  License.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  to  own,  manage  or  control  any 
building  or  stand,  or  to  own,  manage  or  operate  any  wagon 
where  popcorn  and  peanuts,  ice  cream,  candy  or  lunch  are 
sold,  located  wholly  or  in  part  upon  any  street,  avenue  or 
alley  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  without  first  having  secured 
therefor  a license  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk. 

§ 2.  Term — Fee.  The  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  are  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  grant  such  license  upon  the 
payment  as  a license  fee  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May  of 
each  year,  for  the  term  of  one  year  fifty  ($50)  dollars  and  for 
a term  of  six  months  thirty-five  ($35)  dollars,  to  be  paid  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  May  or  the  first  day  of  November. 

§ 3.  District.  No  wagon  or  stand  as  specified  in  section 
one  (1)  hereof  shall  be  located  in  that  part  of  the  city  lying 
within  the  fire  limits,  as  the  said  fire  limits  are  established  by 
ordinance,  nor  shall  business  be  transacted  from  any  such 
wagon  or  stand  within  said  limits. 

§ 4.  Penalty.  Every  violation  of  this  ordinance  shall 
subject  the  ofifender  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars 
and  not  more  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars,  and  said  license 
may  be  suspended  or  revoked  in  the  discretion  of  the  Council. 


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CHAPTER  43 

POWERS  AND  DUTIES  OE  COMMISSIONERS  AS  ' 
SUPERINTENDENTS  OF  DEPARTMENTS 

Section  1.  Distribution  of  Official  Powers.  That  the 
executive  and  administrative  powers,  authority  and  duties  in 
the  city  are  distributed  into  and  among  the  several  depart- 
ments, and  the  powers  and  duties  to  be  performed  are  de- 
termined and  assigned  to  the  appropriate  departments  and 
officers  all  as  hereinafter  set  forth. 

’ § 2.  The  Council.  The  Council  has  and  shall  exercise  all 
legislative  powers,  functions  and  duties  conferred  upon  the 
city  or  its  officers.  It  shall  make  all  orders  for  the  doing  of 
work  or  the  making  or  construction  of  any  improvement, 
bridge  or  building.  It  shall  levy  all  taxes,  apportion  and 
appropriate  all  funds,  and  audit  and  allow  all  bills,  accounts, 
pay  rolls  and  claims,  and  order  payment  thereof.  It  shall 
make  or  authorize  the  making  of  all  contracts,  and  no  contract 
shall  bind  or  be  obligatory  upon  the  city  unless  either  made 
by  ordinance  or  resolution  adopted  by  the  Council ; provided, 
however,  in  all  contracts  involving  the  expenditure  of  a less 
amount  than  five  hundred  ($500)  dollars  it  shall  not  be  neces- 
sary that  same  be  made  by  ordinance  or  resolution.  All  con- 
tracts and  all  ordinances*  and  resolutions  making  contracts  or 
authorizing  the  making  of  contracts  shall  be  drawn  by  the 
City  Attorney  or  examined  by  such  officer  before  the  same  is 
made  or  passed.  All  superintendents  of  departments  and  offi- 
cers are  the  agents  of  the  Council  only,  and  all  their  acts  shall 
be  subject  to  review  and  to  approval  or  revocation  by  the 
Council.  Every  superintendent  or  officer  shall  from  time  to 
time,  as  required  by  law  or  ordinance,  or  when  requested  by 
the  Council,  or  whenever  he  shall  deem  necessary  for  the 
good  of  the  public  service,  report  to  the  Council  in  writing 
respecting  the  business  of  his  department  or  office  or  matters 
connected  therewith. 

The  Council  may  by  ordinance  or  resolution  assign  to  a 
superintendent,  officer  or  emjiloye  duties  in  respect  to  the 


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business  of  any  other  department,  office  or  employment,  and 
such  service  shall  be  rendered  without  additional  compensa- 
tion. 

§ 3.  Department  of  Public  Affairs.  The  Mayor  shall  be 
Commissioner  of  Public  Affairs,  and  as  such  shall  be  superin- 
tendent of  that  department,  and  he  shall  have  and  exercise  all 
the  powers  and  perform  all  the  duties  provided  or  prescribed 
by  law  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city  appertaining  to  such 
office  and  not  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 
The  Mayor  shall  be  superintendent  of  the  Department  of 
Public  Affairs,  and  as  such  shall  have  general  supervision  and 
oversight  over  all  departments  and  offices  in  the  city;  he  shall 
be  the  chief  executive  officer  and  representative  of  the  city; 
he  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Council;  he  shall  sign 
all  contracts  on  behalf  of  the  city,  and  all  licenses  issued  by 
the  city,  and  shall  have  charge  of  and  cause  to  be  prepared  and 
published  all  statements  and  reports  required  by  law  or  ordi- 
nance or  by  resolution  of  the  Council. 

The  City  Attorney,  City  Engineer,  City  Stenographer,  the 
police  court,  the  police  magistrate,  the  city  library  and 
library  building,  and  library  trustees,  and  other  officers  and 
employes  in  the  library  and  all  other  officers  or  functionaries 
not  by  law  or  ordinance  distributed  or  assigned  to  some  other 
department,  are  distributed  and  assigned  to  the  Department 
of  Public  Affairs. 

§ 4.  Department  of  Accounts  and  Finances.  The  Com- 
missioner designated  by  the  Council  as  the  Commissioner  of 
Accounts  and  Finances  shall  as  such  be  superintendent  of  that 
department.  He  shall  have  charge  of  and  supervision  over 
all  records  and  accounts  of  the  city,  unless  otherwise  provided 
herein,  and  all  officers,  boards  or  departments  required  to 
keep  or  make,  accounts,  records  or  reports.  He  shall  have 
supervision  of  the  collection  of  all  moneys  due  the  city.  He 
shall  also  be  City  Clerk.  He  shall  inspect  or  cause  to  be  in- 
spected all  records  or  accounts  required  to  be  kept  in  any  of 
the  offices  or  departments  of  the  city,  and  shall  cause  proper 
accounts  and  records  to  be  kept  and  proper  reports  to  be  made. 


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He  shall  audit  or  cause  to  be  audited  at  frequent  intervals  the 
accounts  of  every  officer  or  employe  who  does  or  may  receive 
or  disburse  money.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  purchase, 
care  and  distribution  of  all  supplies  and  other  articles  not 
otherwise  provided  by  law.  He  shall  have  charge  and  super- 
vision over  all  printing  by  or  for  the  city,  unless  otherwise 
provided  by  law.  He  shall  examine  or  cause  to  be  examined 
and  report  to  the  Council  upon  all  bills,  accounts,  pay  rolls 
and  claims  before  they  are  acted  upon  or  allowed,  unless 
otherwise  provided  by  law. 

The  Commissioner  of  Accounts  and  Finances  shall,  before 
taking  over  the  duties  of  his  office  as  such,  in  addition  to  the 
bond  to  be  furnished  by  him  as  Commissioner  as  provided  by 
law,  also  furnish  a good  and  sufficient  bond  to  the  City  of 
Rock  Island  in  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  ($50,000)  dollars, 
the  period  of  such  bond  shall  be  the  term  of  service  to  which 
such  Commissioner  was  elected,  and  said  bond  shall  be  con- 
ditioned upon  the  true  and  correct  accounting  by  him  to  said 
city  of  all  moneys  and  other  things  of  value  that  are  re- 
ceived and  disbursed  by  him,  or  that  are  received  into  his 
possession  by  virtue  of  any  of  the  powers,  rights  or  duties 
delegated  to  him  as  such  Commissioner  of  Accounts  and 
Finances. 

Said  bond  may  be  executed  by  any  surety  company  duly 
authorized  to  do  business  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  shall 
be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Council.  The  premium  on 
the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the  city. 

§ 5.  Department  of  Public  Health  and  Safety.  The 

Commissioner  designated  by  the  Council  as  Commissioner  of 
Public  Health  and  Safety  shall  as  such  be  superintendent  of 
that  department.  The  Chief  of  Police  and  police  department, 
and  all  policemen,  officers  and  employes  therein,  and  all  police 
stations  and  property  and  apparatus  used  in  said  police  de- 
partment; the  Chief  of  Fire  Department,  and  the  fire  depart- 
ment, and  all  firemen,  officers  and  employes  therein,  and  all 
fire  stations  and  property  and  apparatus  used  in  said  fire  de- 
partment; the  fire  and  police  alarm  system,  and  all  property 


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and  apparatus  belonging  thereto;  the  City  Physician  and  all 
officers  and  employes  in  their  respective  offices  and  in  the 
health  department  of  the  city;  the  City  Inspector;  the  city 
hospital  and  employes  therein,  and  all  buildings,  property 
and  apparatus  belonging  to  or  used  in  said  offices  and  depart- 
ment; Inspector  of  Plumbing,  Electrical  Inspector,  City 
Electrician  and  their  offices  and  all  property  and  apparatus 
used  therein,  are  all  distributed  and  assigned  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Health  and  Safety. 

The  superintendent  of  the  Department  of  Public  Health 
and  Safety  shall  have  charge  of  and  supervision  and  direction 
over  all  officers  and  employes  assigned  to  said  department, 
and  over  all  said  buildings,  property  and  apparatus.  He  shall 
have  charge  of  all  purchases  of  horses,  apparatus  and  supplies 
for  said  department,  or  the  offices  and  departments  assigned 
thereto.  He  shall  have  charge  of  and  supervision  over  the 
construction  and  rej)air  of  all  buildings  assigned  to  said  de- 
partment and  may,  on  application,  receive  assistance  therein 
from  other  officers  and  departments  of  the  city. 

§ 6.  Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements. 
The  Commissioner  designated  by  the  Council  as  Commis- 
sioner of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements  shall  as  such  be 
superintendent  of  that  department,  and  ex-officio  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works.  He  shall  superintend  and  take 
charge  of  all  pul)lic  work  such  as  the  cleaning  of  streets  and 
public  places,  the  entire  erection,  making  and  reconstruction 
of  all  street  improvements,  sidewalks,  sewers,  bridges,  via- 
ducts, and  other  imj^rovements  and  of  the  repair  tliereof,  ex- 
cept where  otherwise  provided  for  by  the  act  concerning 
local  improvements  and  all  amendments  relating  thereto,  and 
perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  provided  or  required  by 
ordinance  or  resolution.  He  shall  have  control,  management, 
and  direction  of  the  lighting  of  streets  and  alleys  and  of  pub- 
lic grounds  and  buildings  not  otherwise  assigned,  and  of  all 
lamps,  lights,  lighting  materials  and  persons  charged  with  the 
care  thereof.  He  shall  have  charge  of  enforcing  the  pro- 
visions of  law  or  ordinances  relating  to  billboards.  He  shall 


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have  control  and  supervision  over  all  public  dumping 
grounds  and  dumps.  He  shall  have  supervision  over  all  pub- 
lic service  utilities  and  all  persons  or  corporations  rendering 
service  in  the  city  under  any  franchise,  contract  or  grant  made 
or  granted  by  the  city  or  state,  and  shall  report  to  the  Council 
or  other  proper  officer  any  failure  of  said  person  or  corpora- 
tion to  render  service  or  to  observe  the  requirements  or  condi- 
tions of  the  franchiae,  contract  or  grant  under  which  such 
public  service  utility  is  operated. 

The  assistant  superintendent  of  streets  and  all  other  offi- 
cers and  employes  employed  in  connection  with  the  work  of 
said  department  are  distributed  and  assigned  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements,  and  shall  be  under 
the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  superintendent  thereof. 

The  Commissioner  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements 
shall  also  be  and  he  is  hereby  designated  superintendent  of 
streets,  and  shall  exercise  all  the  duties  of  such  office. 

§ 7.  Department  of  Public  Property.  The  Commis- 
sioner designated  by  the  Council  as  Commissioner  of  Public 
Property  shall  as  such  be  superintendent  of  that  department. 
He  shall  have  charge  of  and  supervision  over  so  much  of  the 
Mississippi  river  and  its  banks  as  belong  to  the  city  or  are 
under  its  control,  and  of  all  other  public  parks  and  pleasure 
grounds  in  the  city  and  of  all  officers  and  employes,  including 
park  policemen,  employed  in  or  about  said  parks  and  pleasure 
gounds,  or  kept  or  used  in  connection  therewith.  He  shall 
have  charge  of  and  supervision  over  the  City  Hall  and  janitor 
thereof  and  the  grounds  adjoining  said  City  Hall.  He  shall 
have  charge  of  and  supervision  over  all  public  parks  and 
squares  and  over  all  property  owned  or  controlled  by  the  city 
and  not  assigned  to  some  other  department.  He  shall  have 
charge  of  and  supervision  over  all  boulevard  and  street  park- 
ings and  parkways.  He  shall  have  charge  of  and  supervision 
over  the  improvement,  maintenance,  lighting  and  care  of  all 
said  parks,  pleasure  grounds  and  of  all  fowls  and  animals 
therein  or  to  be  placed  therein  and  the  buildings  therein  or 
tliereon  not  otherwise  provided  for  by  law  or  ordinance.  He 
shall  have  charge  of  enforcing  the  provisions  of  law  and  ordi- 


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nances  relating  to  the  improvement  and  care  of  street  park- 
ings and  the  planting  of  trees 'therein.  He  shall  have  such 
assistance  from  the  Civil  Engineer  and  engineering  depart- 
ment as  may  be  necessary  in  surveying,  laying  out  improve- 
* ments,  and  otherwise  improving  the  parks,  and  may  on  appli- 
cation receive  assistance  from  other  officers  and  departments 
of  the  city. 

The  superintendent  of  public  property  shall  also  be  super- 
intendent of  waterworks  and  assume  all  the  duties  of  said 
office. 

The  Commissioner  of  Public  Property  shall,  before  taking 
over  the  duties  of  his  office  as  such,  in  addition  to  the  bond  to 
be  furnished  b}^  him  as  such  Commissioner  as  provided  by 
law,  also  furnish  a good  and  sufficient  bond  to  the  City  of 
Rock  Island  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  ($10,000)  dollars,  the 
period  of  such  bond  shall  be  the  term  of  service  to  which  such 
Commissioner  was  elected,  and  said  bond  shall  be  condi- 
tioned upon  the  true  and  correct  accounting  by  him  to  said 
city  of  all  moneys  and  other  things  of  value  that  are  re- 
ceived and  disbursed  by  him,  or  that  are  received  into  his 
possession  by  virtue  of  any  of  the  powers,  rights  or  duties 
delegated  to  him  as  such  Commissioner  of  Public  Property. 
Said  bond  may  be  executed  by  any  surety  company  duly 
authorized  to  do  business  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  shall  be 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Council.  The  premium  on  the 
same  shall  be  paid  by  the  city. 

§ 8.  Appointment  of  Assistants  and  Employes.  Except 
as  otherwise  provided  by  law  or  ordinance,  the  superintendent 
of  each  department  shall  appoint  or  employ  such  assistants 
and  employes  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  Council  and  neces- 
sary to  the  efficient  conduct  of  the  service  in  said  department. 

§ 9.  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Departments.  That 
the  superintendent  of  each  department  shall  make  and  enforce 
such  rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  law  or  the 
ordinances  or  rules  and  regulations  adopted  by  the  Council 
as  may  be  necessary  to  secure  efficient  conduct  of  the  service 
of  his  department  or  the  business  in  charge  thereof. 


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CHAPTER  44 

RAILROADS  • 

Section  1.  Speed  of  Trains.  That  no  railroad  corpora- 
tion, by  itself  or  agent,  shall  run  any  passenger  train  within 
the  limits  of  said  city  at  a greater  speed  than  ten  miles  per 
hour,  nor  any  other  train,  locomotive,  engine  or  car  at  a 
greater  rate  than  six  miles  per  hour. 

§ 2.  Not  to  Obstruct  Streets — Exception.  No  railroad 
corporation,  railroad  engineer,  railroad  conductor  or  other 
person  shall  obstruct  any  public  highway  in  said  city  by 
stopping  any  train  upon  or  by  leaving  any  car  or  locomotive 
engine  standing  on  its  tracks  where  the  same  intersects  or 
crosses  such  public  highway,  except  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
ceiving or  discharging  passengers  or. to  receive  the  necessary 
fuel  and  water,  and  in  no  case  to  exceed  ten  minutes  for 
each  train,  car  or  locomotive  engine,  except  that  at  the  inter- 
sections of  First  avenue  with  Seventeenth,  Eighteenth,  Nine- 
teenth, Twentieth  and  Twenty-fourth  streets,  a period  of 
occupation  of  two  minutes  only  shall  be  allowed. 

§ 3.  Bell  to  be  Rung.  The  bell  of  each  locomotive  shall 
be  rung  continually  while  such  locomotive  is  running  within 
said  city. 

§ 4.  Escape  of  Steam  Prohibited — Proviso.  No  railroad 
corporation  shall,  by  itself  or  agent,  cause  or  allow  the 
cylinder  cock  or  cocks  of  any  or  either  of  their  locomotive 
engines  to  be  opened  so  as  to  permit  steam  to  escape  there- 
from at  any  time  while  running  upon  or  along  any  railroad 
track  laid  in  any  street  of  said  city  or  when  the  engine  is  in 
immediate  proximity  to  any  street  or  railroad  crossing  in 
said  city.  Provided,  however,  that  when  such  engine  shall  be 
standing  at  such  point  in  said  city,  and  for  three  revolutions 
of  the  driving  wheel  after  being  put  in  motion,  the  said  cocks 
may  be  opened  for  the  purpose  of  allowing  condensed  steam 
to  escape. 


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§ 5.  Engineers  and  Conductors  to  Have  Copy  Hereof. 

F.ach  superintendent  of  any  raifroad  shall  furnish  each  en- 
gineer and  train  conductor  of  any  railroad  running  within  this 
city  a copy  of  this  Chajjter ; and  shall,  moreover,  furnish  to 
any  officer  of  said  city  applying  therefor  the  name  of  any 
person  in  the  employ  of  said  railroad  company  who  shall 
have  been  charged  with  having  violated  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  Chapter. 

§ 6.  Gates,  Guards  or  Other  Protection.  Whenever  on 
any  street  crossed  by  the  track  or  tracks  of  any  railroad  com- 
pany or  companies  the  Council  shall  deem  it  necessary  to 
require  said  railroad  company  or  companies  to  provide  pro- 
tection against  injury  to  persons  and  property  at  such  cross- 
ing by  the  erection  and  maintenance  of  gates,  guards  or  other 
protection,  or  the  construction  of  a viaduct,  said  Council  may 
by  resolution  so  declare  and  direct  that  any  such  railroad 
company  shall,  within  a certain  time  to  be  fixed  by  the  Coun- 
cil, erect,  construct  and  maintain  a sufficient  safeguard  at  “such 
crossing,  specifying  the  kind  of  protection  to  be  erected,  con- 
structed and  maintained  as  aforesaid,  whether  it  be  a gate  or 
gates,  or  viaduct,  or  other  efficient  protection;  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  or  any  other  police  officer  to 
|3e  designated  by  the  Council  to  serve  upon  the  said  railroad 
company  or  companies  named  in  said  resolution  a certified 
copy  thereof  within  thirty  (30)  days  after  the  passage  of 
said  resolution,  and  at  the  same  time  to  notify  the  said  rail- 
road company  or  companies  in  writing  of  the  time  fixed  by 
the  Council  within  which  the  protection  so  ordered  shall  be 
constructed. 

§ 7.  Penalty.  Whenever  any  railroad  company  or  com- 
panies shall  have  been  directed  by  the  Council  to  erect,  con- 
struct and  maintain  at  any  street  crossed  by  its  or  their  track 
or  tracks  any  gate  or  gates,  viaduct  or  other  protection  as  pro- 
vided in  the  last  preceding  section,  every  such  company  shall 
within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  Mayor  erect,  construct  and 
thereafter  maintain  the  protection  specified  in  said  resolution, 
under  the  penalty  of  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars  for  every 


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offense;  and  for  each  and  every  ten  (10)  days  after  the  ex- 
piration of  the  time  so  fixed  for  the  construction  of  such  pro- 
tection any  such  company  or  companies  shall  refuse  or 
neglect  to  proceed  to  the  erection  and  construction  of  the 
kind  of  protection  specified  in  such  resolution  shall  con- 
stitute a new  and  distinct  offense. 

§ 8.  Construction  Under  Supervision  of  Mayor  and 
Street  Commissioner — Maintenance,  Every  such  gate,  guard, 
viaduct  and  the  approaches  thereto,  or  other  protection,  when 
so  ordered  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  erected  and  constructed  at 
the  sole  cost  and  expense  of  said  railroad  company  or  com- 
panies, under  the  supervision  of  the  Commissioner  of  Streets 
and  Public  Improvements,  and  the  same  shall  forever  there- 
after be  kept  and  maintained  by  such  railroad  company  or 
companies  in  proper  repair  and  condition  at  its  own  cost  and 
expense  and  without  expense  or  cost  to  the  City  of  Rock 
Island,  under  the  supervision  of  the  street  commissioner  and 
to  his  satisfaction. 

§ 9.  Maintaining  Sewers  Under  Tracks.  No  railroad 
company  operating  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  shall,  in  the  construction  of  its  roadbed  or  the  mainte- 
nance of  its  line  or  lines  of  railway,  hinder  or  obstruct  any 
water-way,  sewer  or  gutter,  but  shall  provide,  in  accordance 
with  specifications  approved  by  the  City  Council,  construct 
and  maintain  sufficient  sluice-ways,  extensions  of  sewers  or 
gutters  under  its  tracks  and  right  of  way  at  its  own  expense ; 
and  if  said  company  fails  so  to  do,  the  city  shall  construct 
the  same  at  the  expense  of  the  said  company. 

§ 10.  Railroad  Gates.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each 
railway  company  using  or  operating  trains  over  the  railroad 
tracks  along  Fifth  and  Fifth  and  One-Half  avenues  from 
Forty-second  street  to  Forty-sixth  street  in  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  to  provide  gates  or  guards  at  each  and  every  street 
crossing  between  said  Forty-second  street  and  Forty-sixth 
street  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  inclusive. 


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Said  gates  or  guards  shall  be  in  use  from  6:30  o’clock 
a.  m.  to  6:30  o’clock  p.  m.  in  each  day  in  each  year,  except 
Sundays. 

And  that  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railway 
Company.  The  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad 
Company,  The  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad 
Company,  Rock  Island  and  Peoria  Railway  Company,  and 
Davenport,  Rock  Island  and  Northwestern  Railway  Company 
he  and  are  hereby  required  to  place  and  retain  flagmen  at  the 
railroad  crossing  near  the  intersection  of  Twelfth  street  and 
First  avenue  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  from  the  1st  of 
April  to  the  1st  of  November  of  each  year,  and  from  ten 
o’clock  a.  m.  to  ten  o’clock  p.  m.  of  each  day  during  said  time. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  flagmen  stationed  at  said  rail- 
road crossing  to  give  warning  of  approaching  trains  to  all 
persons  coming  toward  the  crossing. 

§ 11.  Penalty.  Any  railroad  corporation  who  shall  of 
themselves,  or  by  any  agent  or  employe,  violate  or  fail  to 
observe  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Chapter,  or 
by  any  agent  or  employe  of  any  railroad  corporation  or  other 
person  who  shall  violate  or  fail  to  observe  the  same,  shall  for 
each  violation  or  failure  to  observe  the  same,  where  no  other 
penalty  is  imposed,  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than  five 
($5)  dollars  nor  exceeding  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for 
each  oft'ense. 


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CHAPTER  45 

' RUNNERS 

Section  1.  Not  to  Use  Deceit,  nor  Create  Disturbance — 
To  Obey  Police — To  Wear  Badge.  No  runner  shall  make  or 
use  any  deceit  in  position  or  false  representation  in  relation 
to  any  railroad,  steamboat,  depot,  hotel,  public  house,  or  other 
thing  or  person,  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  business,  or 
make  any  unusual  noise  or  disturbance,  or  use  any  profane, 
obscene,  or  boisterous  language,  or  do  any  act  calculated  to 
disturb  the  peace  or  vex,  harass  or  disturb  any  citizen  or 
stranger;  he  shall  obey  the  commands  of  any  police  officer 
while  on  duty  for  the  preservation  of  order  and  enforcing  the 
ordinances  of  the  city.  He  shall,  when  on  duty,  wear  con- 
spicuously in  front  of  his  hat,  cap,  or  breast  a badge  with  the 
name  of  the  company,  house,  thing  or  person  for  whom  he  is 
acting  plainly  painted  or  engraved  thereon. 

§ 2.  Penalty  for  Violation  Hereof.  Any  person  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter  shall  be 
subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  one  ($1)  dollar  and  not  to 
exceed  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  offense,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  court. 


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CHAPTER  46 

SALARIES 

The  several  officers  and  employes  of  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  herein  named  shall  receive  in  full  payment  for  their 
services  as  such  the  following  compensation,  payable  out  of 
the  city  treasury ; 

Mayor — The  Mayor  shall  receive  a salary  of  twenty-five 
hundred  ($2,500.00)  dollars  per  annum. 

Commissioners — Each  Commissioner  shall  receive  the  sum 
of  two  thousand  ($2,000.00)  dollars  per  annum. 

No.  1 DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  AFFAIRS 

City  Attorney — The  City  Attorney  shall  receive  a salary 
of  fifteen  hundred  ($1500.00)  dollars  per  annum,  besides  a 
reasonable  compensation  for  professional  services  required 
in  suits  and  business  outside  of  the  County  of  Rock  Island. 

City  Engineer — The  City  Engineer  shall  receive  a salary 
of  fifteen  hundred  ($1500.00)  dollars  per  annum. 

Assistant  City  Engineer,  Draughtsman,  Transitman,  etc. — 

The  Assistant  City  Engineer,  Draughtsman  and  Transitman 
shall  each  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  four  dollars  ($4.00)  per  day 
while  employed  as  such  for  the  city. 

Stenographer — The  City  Stenographer  in  the  Mayor’s 
office  shall  receive  a salary  of  eighty  ($80.00)  dollars  per 
month. 

No.  2 DEPARTMENT  OF  ACCOUNTS  AND 

FINANCES 

First  Deputy  City  Clerk — The  First  Deputy  City  Clerk 
shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  thirty  ($130.00)  dollars 
per  month. 

Second  Deputy  City  Clerk — The  Second  Deputy  City 
Clerk  shall  receive  a salary  of  eighty  ($80.00)  dollars  per 
month. 


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Third  Deputy  City  Clerk — The  Third  Deputy  City  Clerk 
shall  receive  a salary  of  seventy  ($70.00)  dollars  per  month. 

City  Treasurer — The  City  Treasurer  shall  receive  a salary 
of  three  hundred  sixty  ($360.00)  dollars  per  annum. 

No.  3 DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  HEALTH 
AND  SAFETY 

Police  Department 

Chief — The  Chief  of  Police  shall  receive  a salary  of  one 
hundred  thirty  ($130.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Assistant  Chief  and  Night  Captain— The  Assistant  Chief 
of  Police  or  Night  Captain  shall  receive  a salary  of  one 
hundred  fifteen  ($115.(X))  dollars  per  month. 

Detectives — Each  Detective  shall  receive  a salary  of  one 
hundred  fifteen  ($115.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Patrolmen — Each  Policeman  shall,  during  the  first  'year 
of  his  service,  receive  a salary  of  ninety-five  ($95.00)  dollars 
per  month;  and  during  the  second  and  succeeding  years  of  his 
service  shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dol- 
lars per  month. 

Police  Matron — The  Police  Matron  shall  receive  a salary 
of  sixty-five  ($65.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Janitor — The  Janitor  shall  receive  a salary  of  seventy 
($70.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Each  member  of  the  Police  Dej^artment,  except  the  Police 
Matron  and  Janitor,  shall  receive,  in  addition  to  the  stated 
salary,  the  sum  of  two  and  one-half  ($2.50)  dollars  per  month 
as  a clothing  allowance. 

Fire  Department 

Chief — The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  shall  receive  a 
salary  of  one  hundred  thirty  ($130.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Assistant  Chief — The  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  twenty  ($120.00) 
dollars  per  month. 


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Captains — Each  Captain  shall  receive  a salary  of  one 
hundred  ten  ($110.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Firemen — Each  fireman  shall,  during  the  first  year  of  his 
service,  receive  a salary  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  month; 
and  during  the  second  and  succeeding  years  of  his  service 
shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars  per 
month. 

Mechanician — The  Mechanician  shall  receive  a salary  of 
one  hundred  ten  ($110.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Electrician — The  Electrician  of  the  Eire  and  Police  De- 
partments shall  receive  a salary  of  ninety-five  ($95.00)  dol- 
lars per  month. 

Each  fireman  shall  be  entitled  to  24  hours  leave  from  duty 
every  fourth  day. 

Each  member  of  the  Eire  Department  who  has  been  in 
continuous  service  for  one  year  or  more  shall  be  entitled  to_ 
a 15-day  furlough  each  and  every  year  thereafter. 

Each  member  of  the  Eire  Department,  excepting  the 
Electrician,  shall  receive,  in  addition  to  the  stated  salary,  the 
sum  of  two  and  one-half  ($2.50)  dollars  per  month  as  a cloth- 
ing allowance. 

Health  Department 

City  Physician — The  City  Physician  shall  receive  a salary 
of  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Plumbing  Inspector — The  Plumbing  Inspector  shall  re- 
ceive a salary  of  one  hundred  twenty-five  ($125.00)  dollars 
per  month. 

City  Inspector — The  City  Inspector  shall  receive  a salary 
of  one  hundred  five  ($105.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Operators  at  Incinerator — The  Chief  Operator  at  the  In- 
cinerator shall  receive  a salary  of  seventy-five  ($75.00)  dol- 
lars per  month,  and  the  Assistant  Operator  shall  receive  a 
salary  of  seventy  ($70.00)  dollars  per  month. 


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Collectors — The  Garbage  Collectors  shall  each  receive  a 
salary  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Barn  Boss — The  City  Barn  Boss  shall  receive  a salary  of 
seventy  ($70.00)  dollars  per  month. 

City  Electrician — The  City  Electrician  shall  receive  a 
salary  of  twelve  hundred  ($1200.00)  dollars  per  annum. 

No.  4 DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  PROPERTY 

Head  Engineer — The  Head  Engineer  at  the  Waterworks 
shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  twenty-five  ($125.00) 
dollars  per  month. 

Assistant  Engineers — The  First  and  Second  Assistant  En- 
gineers at  the  Waterworks  shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hun- 
dred ten  ($110.00)  dollars  per  month  each. 

Firemen — The  Firemen  at  the  Waterworks  shall  receive 
a salary  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  month  each. 

Outside  Foremen — The  Outside  Foreman  at  the  Water- 
works shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  ten  ($110.00) 
dollars  per  month. 

Meter  Man — The  employe  known  as  Meter  Man  at  the 
Waterworks  shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  ($100.00) 
dollars  per  month. 

Assistant  Meter  Man — The  Assistant  Meter  man  at  the 
Waterworks  shall  receive  a salary  of  eighty  ($80.00)  dollars 
per  month. 

Head  Operator — The  Head  Operator  at  the  Reservoir 
Pumping  Station  shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred 
($100.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Assistant  Operators — The  Second  and  Third  Operators 
shall  receive  a salary  of  eighty-six  ($86.00)  dollars  per  month 
each. 

Valve  Man — The  Valve  Man  at  the  Reservoir  shall  receive 
a salary  of  eighty-six  ($86.(X))  dollars  per  month. 


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Analyst — The  Analyst  at  the  Reservoir  shall  receive  a 
salary  of  one  hundred  ten  ($110.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Janitor  of  City  Hall — The  Janitor  of  the  City  Hall  shall 
receive  a salary  of  sixty-five  ($65.00)  dollars  per  month. 

No.  5 DEPARTMENT  OF  STREETS  AND 
PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS 

Superintendent  of  Buildings — The  Superintendent  of 
Buildings  shall  receive  a salary  of  fifteen  hundred  ($1500.00) 
dollars  per  annum. 

Assistant  Superintendent  of  Streets — The  Assistant  Su- 
perintendent of  Streets  shall  receive  a. salary  of  one  hundred 
five  ($105.00)  dollars  per  month. 

Foreman — Each  Foreman  on  street  work  shall  be  paid  at 
the  rate  of  two  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  ($2.75)  per  day. 

Laborers — All  laborers  employed  by  the  city  in  any  of  its 
departments  shall  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  thirty  cents  (30c)  per 
hour.  Kd.ch  teamster,  with  team,  to  be  paid  at  the  rate  of 
seventy  cents  (70)  per  hour. 

No.  6 PARK  COMMISSIONERS  AND  MEMBERS 
OF  LIBRARY  BOARD 

The  persons  appointed  as  members  of  the  Park  Commis- 
sion or  on  the  Library  Board  shall  serve  without  compensa- 
tion. 


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SCAVENGERS 

Section  1.  Scavengers  to  be  Appointed.  The  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Health  and  Safety,  by  and  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  Council,  shall,  biennially,  at  or  as  soon  as 
practicable  after  the  first  regular  ^meeting  of  the  Council 
held  next  after  the  general  city  election,  appoint  one  or  more 
persons,  as  may  be  deemed  necessary,  to  be  the  city  scaven- 
ger, whose  business  shall  be -that  of  cleaning,  emptying  and 
removing  the  contents  of  privy  vaults  and  cesspools  within 
the  limits  of  said  city;  who  shall  be  commissioned  and  sworn, 
and  give  bond  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  ($500)  dollars,  to 
be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  duties  of  their  office,  and  then  hold  their 
office  for  four  years,  or  until  their  successors  are  appointed 
and  qualified. 

§ 2.  Duties  Prescribed.  It  shall  be  the  right  and  duty  of 
the  city  scavenger  so  appointed,  when  ordered  by  the  said 
Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety  of  said  city,  or 
when  requested  by  any  owner,  tenant,  occupant  or  agent  of 
.any  premises  within  said  city,  to  clean,  empty  and  remove  the 
contents  of  any  privy  vault  or  cesspool  situated  upon 
such  premises,  and  to  dispose  of  and  deposit  the  same 
in  such  manner  and  at  such  place  or  places  as  shall  be  ' 
designated  by  the  Council,  or  the  regulations  of  the 
health  department  of  said  city.  Said  scavenger  shall, 
upon  order  or  request  as  aforesaid,  speedily  and  without 
unnecessary  delay  proceed  to  comply  therewith  and  prose- 
cute the  same  with  all  diligence  until  completed.  In  the 
performance  of  his  duty  he  shall,  before  the  removal 
of  night  soil,  the  contents  of  privy  vaults  and  cess- 
pools, cause  the  same  to  be  disinfected  and  rendered  in- 
ofifensive  as  nearly  as  practicable,  and  shall  not  do  or  omit 
any  act  which  shall  cause  the  cleaning,  emptying  and  removal 
of  such  contents  needlessly  offensive  to  the  occupants  of  the 
premises  or  the  neighborhood;  he  shall  provide  and  use  in 


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the  removal  and  conveyance  thereof  proper  vehicles,  with 
boxes  and  receptacles  which  shall  be  strong  and  tight,  so  that 
no  part  of  the  contents  or  load  shall  fall,  leak  or  spill  there- 
from, and  tightly  covered  so  as  to  prevent  the  same  from 
being  offensive ; and  no  privy  vault  or  cesspool  shall  be 
opened  and  the  contents  thereof  removed  between  the  hours 
of  six  o’clock  a.  m.*and  ten  o’clock  p.  m.,  except  by  what  is 
known  as  the  odorless  process  ; and  after  the  removal  of  the 
contents,  such  privy  vaults  and  cesspools  and  the  same  and 
the  adjacent  premises  shall  be  left  clean  and  in  good  con- 
dition. 

§ 3.  Privy  Vaults,  etc.,  to  be  Cleaned  by  Owner  on 
Notice.  Whenever  in  the  opinion  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Health  and  Safety  any  privy  vault  or  cesspool  within 
said  city  is  offensive  and  needs  cleaning  he  shall  notify  the 
owner,  agent  or  occupant  of  the  premises  wherein  the  same 
is  situated  to  cleanse  the  same  within  a period  named  in  said 
notice,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person  so  notified  to 
comply  with  said  notice  and  caiHe  said  privy  vault  or  cesspool 
to  be  cleaned  and  removed  by  the  city  scavenger  within  the 
time  mentioned  in  said  notice ; and  any  person  so  notified  who 
shall  fail  to  comply  with  said  notice  shall,  on  conviction,  be 
fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  ($100)  dollars.  Provided  that  nothing  in  this  section 
contained  shall  discharge  the  owenr,  agent  or  occupant  of  the 
premises  from  any  liability  to  pay  all  the  expense  of  such 
cleaning  or  other  liability. 

§ 4.  Owner  Not  to  Permit  Contents  to  be  Disturbed 
Without  Permission.  No  owner,  tenant,  occupant  or  agent  of 
any  premises  in  this  city  shall  cause  or  permit  any  part  of  the 
contents  of  any  privy  vault  or  cesspool  situated  upon  such 
premises  to  be  disturbed,  exposed  or  removed  by  himself  or 
any  other  person  not  being  a regularly  appointed  city 
scavenger.  No  privy  vault  or  cesspool  shall  be  filled  in  until 
all  of  its  contents  have  been  removed. 

§ 5.  Scavenger  to  Report  to  Chief  of  Police.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  city  scavenger,  in  person  or  by  agent,  to 


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report  at  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Police  as  often  and  at 
such  times  as  he  may  direct,  for  notices,  instructions  and  di- 
rections; and  report  to  said  Chief  of  Police  all  privy  vaults 
and  cesspools  that  need  cleaning,  and  all  other  nuisances  in 
said  city  that  may  come  under  his  notice ; and  in  general  to 
conform  to  the  rules,  regulations  and  orders  of  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Health  and  Safety  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties. 

§ 6.  Compensation  of  Scavengers.  Said  scavengers  shall 
be  allowed  to  charge  and  receive  for  cleaning,  emptying  and 
removing  the  contents  of  any  privy  vault  or  cesspool  twelve 
and  one-half  cents  for  each  cubic  foot  of  such  contents  taken 
and  removed  therefrom;  the  number  of  cubic  feet  to  be  ascer- 
tained by  actual  measurement  of  such  privy  vault  or  cesspool. 
They  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  receive  payment  in 
advance,  except  when  the  services  are  performed  under  the 
order  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety. 
If,  after  payment  and  measurement  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be 
ascertained  that  any  scavenger  has  been  overpaid,  he  shall 
refund  all  excess  over  his  legal  fees. 

§ 7.  Penalty  for  Violation  Hereof.  Any  person  without 
license  as  aforesaid  who  shall  within  said  city  engage  in 
business  as  a scavenger,  or  who  shall  undertake  to  remove  any 
contents  of  any  privy  vault  or  cesspool  in  said  city  without 
license  or  permit  as  aforesaid,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof, 
pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  offense;  and  any  city  scaven- 
ger appointed  as  aforesaid,  or  any  owner,  tenant,  occupant  or 
agent  as  aforesaid,  acting  under  permit  as  aforesaid,  or  other 
person  who  shall  violate,  disobey  or  fail  to  ol:>serve  or  comply 
with  any  of  the  provisions,  requirements  or  regulations  in  this 
Chapter  contained  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  subject  to  a'  fine 
of  not  less  than  one  ($1)  dollar  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
($1(30)  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  48 

SEWERAGE 

Section  1.  Sewerage  Fund  Tax.  For  the  purpose  of 
establishing,  constructing,  providing  and  maintaining  public 
sewers  or  drains  the  Council  shall  annually  levy  and  collect 
a tax  upon  the  taxable  real  and  personal  estate  of  the  city 
not  to  exceed  one  mill  on  the  dollar,  which  tax  shall  be  known 
as  “The  Sewerage  Fund  Tax,”  and  shall  be  levied  and  col- 
lected at  such  time  and  in  the  same  manner  that  other  general 
taxes  of  the  city  are  levied  and  collected;  which  said  fund 
shall  be  kept  by  the  City  Clerk  as  a separate  and  distinct  ac- 
count, and  shall  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  than  that 
for  which  it  is  levied.  Provided,  however,  the  said  fund  shall 
be  used  for  constructing  and  maintaining  sewers  or  drains 
in  any  part  of  the  city,  as  the  Council  may  order  and  direct; 
and  provided,  further,  no  money  shall  be  expended  or  paid,  ' 
either  for  comriiencing,  constructing,  completing  or  main- 
taining any  principal  or  lateral  sewer  or  drain,  or  any  sewer- 
age or  draining  device  of  any  kind  whatsoever,  except  such 
as,  the  Council  shall  from  time  to  time  establish  and  order  to 
be  built  or  maintained,  and  for  which,  in  each  and  every  case, 
they  shall  have  designated  the  amount  and  specifically  ap- 
propriated moneys  therefor. 

§ 2.  No  Person  to  Connect  Without  First  Paying  Equit- 
able Proportion  of  Cost.  No  person  or  persons  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  connect  with  any  “private  sewer”  heretofore  built 
or  hereafter  to  be  built,  or  to  flow  therein  any  liquid  or  other 
matter,  without  first  paying  to  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city 
their  equitable  proportion  of  the  cost  of  the  construction 
thereof  up  to  the  date  of  such  connection,  the  amount  so  paid 
to  said  City  Clerk  to  be  divided  between  said  city  and  the 
subscribers  thereto  in  proportion  to  the  amount  originally 
paid  by  them,  respectively,  for  the  construction  thereof, 
under  a ]:»enalty  of  five  ($5)  dollars,  and  a further  penalty  of 
ten  ($10)  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  he  shall  maintain 
sucIt  connection  after  said  conviction. 


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§ 3.  Private  Sewer  Property  of  City.  Any  private  sewer 
laid  or  constructed  by  authority  of  a private  sewer  ordinance 
and  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  Chapter  shall,  on 
completion,  be  and  become  the  property  of  the  City  of  Rock 
Island,  to  be  used  by  said  city  as  a public  sewer,  subject,  how- 
ever, to  the  conditions  imposed  in  section  2 of  this  Chapter. 

§ 4.  Permit  Required  for  Private  Sewer.  No  person 
shall  construct,  cause  or  permit  to  be  constructed  any  private 
drain  or  sewer  leading  into  any  city  sewer  or  drain,  or  lead- 
ing into  any  sewer  or  drain  laid  in  any  street,  alley  or  public 
ground,  or  leading  into  any  sewer  or  drain  from  which  matter 
may  pass  directly  or  indirectly  into  any  city  sewer  or  any 
sewer  or  drain  laid  in  any  street,  alley  or  public  ground, 
without  a special  permit  from  the  Council. 

§ 5.  Plan  of  Construction  Required.  No  such  permit 
shall  be  granted  except  upon  application  accompanied  by  a 
plan  of  construction  approved  by  the  City  Engineer.  In  the 
construction  of  such  drain  or  sewer  no  variation  shall  be  made 
from  the  plan  presented  with  the  application  for  permit  ap- 
proved by  the  City  Engineer  without  his  approval  of  the 
change  proposed  and  a further  permit  from  the  Council. 

The  construction  of  such  drain  or  sewer  shall  be  made 
under  the  supervision  of  the  City  Engineer,  and  no  ditch 
shall  be  filled  without  the  consent  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector, 
and  after  his  inspection  and  approval  of  the  work. 

§ 6.  Payment  for  Connection.  Nor  shall  any  such  per- 
mit be  granted  to  connect  any  premises  with  any  sewer  built 
either  wholly  or  in  part  by  special  assessment  or  taxation, 
where  such  premises  were  not  assessed  for  the  construction 
of  such  sewer,  or  to  connect  with  any  ])ublic  sewer  built  by 
the  city  by  general  taxation,  except  after  application  made  to 
the  Council  and  approved  by  the  Council,  and  the  payment  to 
the  City  Clerk  of  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars,  where 
the  property  so  to  be  connected  has  a frontage  of 'fifty  (50) 
feet  or  less,  and  ten  ($10)  dollars  additional  for  each  twenty- 


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five  (25)  feet  or  major  fraction  thereof  in  excess  of  fifty  (50) 
feet. 

§ 7.  Penalty.  Any  person  who  shall  in  any  manner 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  sections  of  this 
Chapter  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10) 
dollars  for  each  offense,  and  to  .a  like  penalty  for  each  day 
such  offender  shall  continue  thereafter  to  use  such  sewer,  and 
shall  also  be  subject  to  the  payment  of  all  damages  caused 
by  such  violation. 


CHAPTER  49 

SIDEWALKS 

Section  1.  Construction  of  Sidewalks.  All  sidewalks, 
other  than  reinforced  sidewalks,  constructed  in  the  City  of 
Rock  Island  shall  be  laid  in  accordance  with  the  follonving 
specifications  : 

All  walks  shall  be  laid  to  the  established  grade  of  the 
streets  and  avenues.  The  ground  shall  be  so  graded  as  to  be 
five  inches  below  the  established  grade  of  the  streets.  Upon 
this  sub-grade  shall  be  placed  four  and  one-half  inches  of 
concrete,  composed  of  four  parts  of  clean,  hard  limestone  or 
washed  gravel,  two  parts  of  clean,  sharp  sand,  and  one  part 
cement;  or  a mixture  of  one  part  of  cement  and  four  parts  of 
clean  river  gravel  may  be  used.  The  stone  shall  be  of  such 
size  that  the  largest  dimension  will  not  be  over  one  and  one- 
half  inches.  The  sand  and  cement  should  be  well  mixed 
before  stone  is  added,  then  stone  shall  be  mixed,  and  no  more 
water  shall  be  used  than  is  necessary  for  a good  mixture. 

Upon  the.  concrete  above  provided  there  shall  be  a one-half 
inch  wearing  surface,  composed  of  one  part  of  clean  river 
sand  and  one  part  cement,  to  be  put  on  before  the  concrete 
is  set,  and  to  be  finished  smooth  and  true  with  a brush. 

There  shall  be  placed  in  the  walk  at  each  five  feet  a strip 
of  wood  while  the  concrete  is  being  rammed,  after  which  the 


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wood  is  to  be  taken  out  and  the  concrete  to  be  faced  with 
sand  and  marked  for  joints.  In  finishing  the  top  one-half 
inch,  the  joints  are  to  be  straight  and  true  and  shall  coincide 
with  the  lower  four  and  one-half  inches,  and  shall  be  one-half 
inch  deep  and  finished  with  a one-fourth  inch  radius  groover. 

The  sides  of  all  walks  are  to  be  straight  and  true,  with 
the  corners  finished  to  one-half  inch  radius.  All  cement  used 
shall  be  any  American  Portland  cement  up  to  the  American 
standard  of  Portland  cement  specifications.  All  work  shall  be 
done  first-class  in  every  particular  and  under  the  supervision 
of  the  inspector  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Board  of  Local 
Improvements. 

§ 2.  Business  of  Sidewalk  Construction — Bond.  That 
every  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaging  in  the  business  of 
the  construction  of  cement  walks,  before  entering  upon  the 
construction  of  any  such  walk  in  or  upon  any  public  street  or 
avenue  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  shall  file  with  the  City 
Clerk  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  a bond  in  the  penal  sum  of 
two  thousand  ($2,000)  dollars,  running  to  the  City  of  Rock 
Island. with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor, conditioned 
upon  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  duties  required  by  the 
ordinances,  rules  or  regulations  of  the  City  Council,  and  that 
he  (jr  they  will  suital)ly  guard  and  protect  any  excavation  or 
obstruction,  and  defend,  save,  keep  harmless  and  indemnify 
the  said  City  of  Rock  Island  from  all  actions,  costs,  damages 
and  expense  whatsoever,  including  attorney  fees,  which  shall 
or  may  at  any  time  happen  to  come  to  it  for  or  on  account  of 
any  injuries  or  damages  received  or  sustained  by  any  party  or 
parties,  caused  by  any  negligence  in  either  the  execution  or 
protection  of  the  work  being  done. 

It  shall  also  be  necessary  for  any  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion engaged  in  the  business  of  building  cement  sidewalks  to 
furnish  to  the  said  City  of  Rock  Island  a good  and  sufficient 
bond  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  ($1,000)  dollars,  in  which 
said  bond  the  builder  of  the  cement  sidewalk  will  guarantee 
to  kec])  same  in  good  rej)air  for  a period  of  five  (5)  years 


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ensuing  after  the  date  of  its  acceptance  by  the  Board  of  Local 
Improvements.  Said  bond  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor 
before  being  filed. 

It  is  hereby  provided  that  the  bonds  referred  to  in  sec- 
tion one  and  section  two  hereof  may  be  combined,  and  the 
entire  amount  of  said  combined  bond  shall  be  three  thousand 
($3,000)  dollars. 

The  bonds  above  referred  to  shall  be  on  file  in  the  office  of 
the  City  Clerk  on  the  first  day  of  May  of  each  year  and  shall 
be  renewed  from  year  to  year  during  the  time  of  work  of  side- 
walk builders  as  above  referred  to. 

§ 3.  Inspection  of  Sidewalks — Fees  of  Inspector.  That 
the  Building  Inspector  be  and  he  is  hereby  designated  as  the 
Inspector  of  Sidewalk  Construction. 

It  shall  be  his  duty  as  such  inspector  to  act  at  all  times  for 
and  under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 
in  enforcing  all  ordinances  and  rules  relating  to  sidewalks 
and  sidewalk  construction. 

He  shall  issue  all  permits  for  sidewalk  construction  on 
and  upon  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  and  shall 
duly  inspect  the  same. 

He  shall  charge  a fee  of  one-fourth  (34)  cent  per  square 
foot  for  issuing  the  permit  and  including  his  inspection;  and 
where  city  water  is  used  in  such  construction  work,  he  shall 
also  charge  and  collect  the  sum  of  one-fifth  (1/5)  cent  per 
square  foot  for  such  walk  so  constructed.  All  fees  are  col- 
lected when  permit  is  granted. 

He  shall  make  such  reports  of  his  work  as  such  inspector 
as  may  be  required  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements;  and 
all  of  his  collections  hereunder  shall  be  turned  over  monthly 
to  the  City  Clerk. 

§ 4.  Location  of  Gutters  — Shade  Trees.  All  gutters 
hereafter  made  shall  be  located  on  the  lines  between  that 
part  of  the  street  devoted  to  vehicle  travel  and  that  part  set 


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off  for  sidewalk  purposes,  and  all  shade  trees  hereafter 
planted  shall  be  placed  on  each  street  on  that  part  set  off 
for  sidewalk  purposes  and  immediately  adjoining  that  part 
of  the  street  devoted  to  vehicle  travel. 

§ 5.  To  be  Laid  at  Grade — Elevation  of  Sidewalk.  All 

sidewalks  shall  be  laid  at  the  proper  established  grade.  All 
sidewalks  shall  be  constructed  so  that  the  outer  edge  shall  be 
upon  a level  with  the  grade  of  the  center  of  the  street  and  so 
as  to  incline  upwards  from  the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk 
towards  the  buildings  or  boundary  of  the  lot  at  the  rate  of 
one  inch  in  three  feet. 

§ 6.  Ordinance  for  Construction  of — What  to  Contain — 
Proceedings  to  be  in  Conformity  with  the  General  Laws. 
Whenever  the  City  Council  shall  desire  to  cause  any  side- 
walk or  sidewalks  to  be  constructed  on  any  street  within 
said  city  they  shall  pass  an  ordinance  for  such  purpose, 
specifying  therein  the  class,  character,  description  and  local- 
ity of  such  improvement,  and  also  providing  the  way  and 
manner  in  which  the  costs  and  expenses  thereof  shall  be 
levied,  assessed,  collected  and  paid,  whether  by  general  taxa- 
tion, by  special  taxation  of  contiguous  property,  or  by  special 
assessment,  or  all  or  any  one  or  more  of  said  ways,  or  other- 
wise ; which  ordinance  and  all  proceedings  for  such  purpose 
shall  be  in  conformity  with  the  general  laws  of  this  State 
applicable  thereto. 

§ 7.  Injury  to  Sidewalk  to  be  Repaired  at  Once.  If  any 
cartman  or  other  person  shall  break  or  otherwise  injure  any 
tile,  brick,  plank,  or  any  part  of  any  sidewalk,  footpath  or 
curbstone,  he  or  she  shall  within  twenty-four  hours  there- 
after cause  the  same  to  be  well  and  sufficiently  repaired  and 
mended,  and  no  person  shall  break,  injure  or  remove  any 
brick,  tile,  stone  or  plank,  or  any  part  or  portion  of  any  walks 
in  said  city,  except  for  the  purpose  of  replacing  the  same  with 
new  material,  under  the  direction  of  the  Superintendent;  of 
Streets  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter. 


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§ 8.  Hitching  Posts  to  be  Fixed — Awnings.  The  own- 
ers of  each  building  in  front  of  which  a sidewalk  is  now  or 
may  hereafter  be  constructed  may  fix  in  the  edge  cf  the  space 
allowed  for  such  sidewalk,  next  to  the  curbing,  a suitable  iron 
post  with  ring  or  other  proper  device  attached  for  fastening 
horses;  such  posts  shall  be  securely  fixed,  and  such  owners 
may  provide  one  post  for  each  twenty  (20)  feet  of  frontage. 
No  wooden  post  or  rail  shall  hereafter  be  erected  for  any  pur- 
pose within  the  fire  limits  of  this  city,  and  no  awning  or  porch 
shall  be  supported  by  posts  or  in  any  manner  other  than  by 
, being  firmly  attached  to  the  building.  All  awning  or  porch 
posts  heretofore  erected  on  any  street  within  the  fire  limits 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  removed  at 
once  after  notice  to  do  so  from  the  Chief  of  Police. 

§ 9.  Duty  of  Officers  to  Notify  Owners  and  Authorities 
of  Violation  and  Defects.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements,  Chief  of 
Police,  and  all  police  officers  of  this  city,  whenever  a violation 
of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  or  any  other  ordinance  of  this 
city  is  found  to  exist  or  to  have  occurred,  to  forthwith  notify 
the  party  or  parties  causing,  permitting  or  sufifering  such 
violation  to  occur  or  continue  to  remove,  repair,  abate,  or 
cease  such  violation,  and  such  Commissioner  of  Streets  and 
Public  Improvements,  Chief  of  Police,  or  other  police  officer 
shall  give  any  notice  required  by  ordinance,  or  shall  notify 
the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  premises  to  remove,  repair  or 
abate  any  nuisance,  or  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  or  any  other  ordinance,  whenever  so  directed  by  the 
Mayor  or  any  Commissioner.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all 
policemen  to  report  to  the  City  Engineer  or  Commissioner 
of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements  all  defects  in  sidewalks, 
and  in  case  of  accident,  they  shall  report  the  same  to  the  City 
Attorney  and  Council,  together  with  the  names  of  an}'  wit- 
nesses to  said  accident,  if  known  to  them. 

OBSTRUCTIONS 

§ 10.  Signs  Over  Sidewalks  — Bond.  Every  person, 
firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  hanging  signs 


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on  the  streets  and  avenues  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  shall  be 
licensed  so  to  do  by  the  Council  of  said  city,  upon  the  filing 
of  a good  and  sufficient  bond  in  the  sum  of  three  thousand 
($3,000)  dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  may  be  approved  by  the 
said  Council.  The  said  bond  to  be  conditioned  upon  the 
faithful  observance  of  this  ordinance  and  such  other  ordi- 
nances now  in  force  or  which  may  be  passed  hereafter  relat- 
ing to  the  duties  of  sign  hangers. 

All  electric  signs  erected  in  any  street  or  avenue  .shall  be 
constructed  of  a frame  work  of  steel  or  iron,  the  body  of  such 
sign  to  be  of  metal  or  wood  ; both'the  frame  and  body  of  such 
sign  to  be  of  such  weight  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Build- 
ing Inspector. 

All  signs  erected  or  maintained  under  authority  of  this 
ordinance  overhanging  any  public  street,  sidewalk,  alley  or 
public  place  must  be  at  least  ten  feet  above  the  surface 
thereof.  No  sign  shall  be  erected  or  maintained  in  front  of 
any  building  or  structure  so  as  to  extend  over  the  public 
street,  sidewalk,  alley  or  public  place  adjacent  thereto  more 
than  three  feet  from  the  face  of  any  building  erected  on  such 
public  street,  avenue,  alley  or  public  place. 

§ 11.  Inspection  of  Signs — Repairs.  No  alteration  shall 
be  made  in  any  such  electric  sign  unless  authorized  in  writing 
by  the  Building  Inspector  and  the  City  Electrician. 

No  other  sign  or  board  shall  be  hung  or  attached  to  an 
electric  sign. 

If  any  such  electric  sign  shall  at  any  time  need  repairs,  the 
same  shall  be  repaired  at  the  expense  of  the  owner,  and  when- 
ever the  owner  shall  be  given  notice  in  writing  to  repair  such 
sign  by  the  Building  Inspector,  and  upon  the  expiration  of 
five  days  time  the  necessary  repairs  have  not  been  made,  the 
Building  Inspector  may  cause  such  sign  to  be  removed,  and 
the  City  of  Rock  Island  shall  recover  the  costs  of  said  re- 
moval ; provided,  however,  that  if  any  such  sign  shall  be  in  a 
dangerous  condition  the  Building  Inspector  may  remove,  or 


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cause  same  to  be  removed,  without  notice  to  the  owner 
thereof,  and  the  City  of  Rock  Island  shall  recover  the  costs 
of  such  removal. 

No  part  of  a sign  shall  be  attached  to  a fire  escape  or  placed 
so  as  to  interfere  with  the  ingress  or  egress  to  or  from  the 
windows  of  the  building. 

All  portable  or  movable  signs  not  in  compliance  with  the 
requirements  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  removed  from  the 
sidewalks  and  streets  within  ten  days  after  this  ordinance 
becomes  operative. 

All  electric  signs  now  overhanging  sidewalks  shall  be 
made  to  comply  wifh  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  within 
six  months  of  its  passage. 

d'he  Building  Inspector  shall,  immediately  upon  this 
ordinance  becoming  operative,  cause  an  inspection  to  be  made 
of  all  overhanging  signs,  and  during  the  month  of  March  of 
every  year  thereafter,  and  report  to  the  Council  the  result 
of  his  inspection. 

§ 12.  Stoops,  Platforms,  Railings,  Cellar  Doors.  No 
stoop,  porch,  platform,  railing,  cellar  door  or  steps  shall  be 
allowed  to  extend  from  any  building  or  lot  into  or  upon  any 
sidewalk  more  than  two  feet,  where  the  sidewalk  is  twelve 
feet  or  less  in  width,  nor  exceeding  three  feet  where  the 
sidewalk  is  upwards  of  twelve  feet  in  width;  nor  shall  any 
cellar  door  rise  or  project  above  the  surface  of  the  sidewalks. 

§ 13.  Windows,  Show  Case,  Steps.  No  bow  window  or 
other  window  shall  extend  into,  upon  or  over  any  sidewalk, 
nor  shall  any  sign,  except  as  provided  in  this  Chapter,  nor 
shall  any  show  bill,  show  case  or  other  thing  be  placed  upon 
or  project  over  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  from  the  wall  of 
any  building,  nor  shall  any  steps  be  hereafter  constructed  or 
placed  upon  or  over  any  sidewalk,  street  or  other  public  way. 
No  bow  window  or  other  window,  porch  or  awning  shall  be 
erected  or  placed,  or  if  heretofore  erected  or  placed  shall  be 
permitted  to  remain,  in,  upon  or  over  any  sidewalk,  unless 


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the  same  be  elevated  at  least  eight  feet  at  the  lowest  part 
thereof  above  the  top  of  the  sidewalk. 

§ 14.  Goods,  Barrels,  Boxes  or  Other  Articles.  No  per- 
son shall  place  upon  or  suspend  over  any  sidewalk  any  goods 
or  merchandise,  or  cause  or  permit  the  same  to  be  done,  except 
as  provided  in  the  next  section;  or  place  or  deposit  on  any 
sidewalk,  or  cause  or  permit  the  same  to  be  done,  any  cask, 
barrel,  wood,  stone,  plank,  board,  salt,  or  any  other  article  or 
thing  whatsoever. 

§ 15.  Goods  in  Front  of  Stores — Hitching  Posts.  It  shall 
be  lawful  for  any  person  to  place,  hang  or  set  out  for  sale 
any  goods  or  merchandise  on  or  over  the  sidewalks  in  front 
of  and  within  two  and  one-half  feet  of  his  store  or  build- 
ing; it  shall  also  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  place  for  a 
period  of  not  exceeding  one  hour  on  four  feet  of  the  outer 
edge  of  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  his  store  or  building  any 
goods  or  merchandise. 

§ 16.  Horses,  Vehicles,  Hand  Carts  Forbidden  on  Side- 
walks. No  person  shall  ride,  drive  or  place  any  horse  or 
other  beast  of  burden  or  any  vehicle  upon  any  sidewalk,  or 
propel,  haul  or  carry  thereon  any  hand  cart;  nor  shall  any 
person  at  any  time  fasten  any  horse  or  horses  in  such  a way 
that  the  horse,  vehicle,  reins  or  lines  shall  be  an  obstacle  to 
the>free  use  of  any  sidewalk,  and  the  person  in  whose  pos- 
session or  use  such  team  shall  then  be  shall  be  deemed  the 
offender,  unless  he  shall  prove  to  the  contrary  before  the 
magistrate  before  whom  he  may  be  prosecuted. 

§ 17.  Cross  Walks  to  be  Kept  Free  of  Obstructions.  All 

cross  walks,  foot  ways  and  crossings  at/or  near  the  intersec- 
tion of  any  street,  lane,  avenue  or  alley  shall  at  all  times  be 
kept  and  reserved  free  from  any  sleighs,  carts,  drays,  wagons 
or  carriages,  and  horses  or  other  animals  shall  not  be  placed 
or  suffered  to  stand  thereon,  except  so  far  as  may  be  neces- 
sary in  crossing  the  same. 

§ 18.  Sidewalks  to  be  Kept  Free  from  Snow  and  Ice. 

Every  owner  or  occupant  of  any  house  or  other  building. 


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and  the  owner,  proprietor,  lessee  or  person  entitled  to  the 
possession  of  any  vacant  lot,  and  every  person  having  the 
charge  of  any  church,  jail,  public  building  or  public  hall  in 
this  city  which  shall  front  or  adjoin  upon  any  public  street 
shall,  during  the  winter  season,  and  during  the  time  snow 
shall  continue  on  the  ground,  by  twelve  o’clock  noon  of 
each  day  clear  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  such 
house  or  other  building  and  in  front  of  such  lot  from  snow 
and  ice,  and  keep  them  conveniently  free  therefrom  during 
the  day;  or  shall,  in  case  the  snow  and  ice -are  so  congealed 
that  they  cannot  be  removed  without  injury  to  the  pavement, 
cause  the  said  snow  and  ice  to  be  strewed  with  ashes  or  sand  ; 
and  shall  also  at  all  times  keep  such  sidewalks  free  from  dirt, 
filth  or  other  obstructions  or  incumbrances,  so  as  to  allow 
citizens  to  use  the  said  sidewalks  in  a safe,  and  commodious 
manner. 

§ 19.  No  Painting,  etc,,  on  Sidewalks.  No  person  shall 
paint,  paste,  post,  print  or  nail  any  handbill  or  sign,  poster, 
advertisement  or  notice  of  any  kind,  or  any  other  matter  or 
thing  whatever,  on,  nor  in  any  manner  whatever  deface  any 
curbstone,  or  any  part  or  portion  of  any  sidewalk,  or  any  tree, 
lamp  post,  hitching  post,  telegraph  pole,  electric  light  pole, 
hydrant,  public  building  or  any  other  thing,  or  any  private 
wall,  door,  building,  gate  or  fence. 

§ 20.  Width  of  Sidewalk.  That  all  cement  or  concrete 
sidewalks  hereafter  to  be  constructed  in  this  city  shall  be  of 
the  following  widths  in  the  territory  described,  viz:  All 

walks  on  First  and  Second  Avenues  from  Fourteenth  Street 
to  Twentieth  Street,  and  on  Third  Avenue  from  Fourteenth 
Street  tO'Twenty-sixth  Street  shall  be  the  full  width  from  the 
property  line  to  the  curb  ; all  other  sidewalks  in  the  fire  limits 
are  to  be  not  less  than  six  feet  in  width,  and  all  sidewalks  out- 
side of  the  fire  limits  are  to  be  not  less  than  five  feet  in  width. 

§ 21.  Penalty.  Every  violation  of  any  provision  of  this 
Chapter  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a fine  of  not  less  than 
one  ($1)  dollar  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  ($200)  dollars 
for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  50 

SOFT  DRINK  VENDORS 

Section  1.  License  Required.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  sell  at  retail  waters,  car- 
bonated waters,  cider,  near  beer,  or  soft  drinks  of  any  kind 
without  first  having  obtained  a license  so  to  do  in  accordance 
with  this  ordinance. 

§ 2.  Applications — How  Acted  Upon.  Any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  desiring  a license  to  engage  in  the  business  of 
selling  at  retail  waters,  carbonated  waters,  near  beer,  cider  or 
soft  drinks  of  any  kind  shall  make  written  application  to  the 
Council,  stating  the  name  and  residence  of  the  applicant,  if 
an  individual,  or  all  the  members  of  the  firm,  if  a co-partner- 
ship, or  the  names  and  residences  of  the  principal  officers,  if 
the  applicant  is  a corporation,  and  also  the  location  and  de- 
scription of  the  premises  where  such  business  is  to  be  car- 
ried on.  The  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety 
shall  thereupon  examine  into  such  application  from  a sanitary 
standpoint,  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  Council  with  his 
recommendation  for  or  against  the  issuance  of  such  license. 
If  the  Council  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  applicant  or  appli- 
cants, or  its  chief  officers,  if  it  be  a corporation,  is  or  are  of 
good  character  and  reputation,  and  that  the  business  will  be 
carried*  on  properly  from  a sanitary  standpoint,  the  Council 
shall  cause  to  be  issued  a license  in  accordance  with  this 
ordinance. 

§ 3.  License — Fee — Period.  lA'ery  such  applicant,  on 
compliance  with  the  aforesaid  requirements  and  the  ’])ayment 
in  advance  to  the  City  Clerk  of  two  ($2)  dollars  per  annum, 
shall  receive  a license  under  the  corporate  seal  of  the  city, 
signed  by  the  City  Clerk,  which  shall  authorize  the  persc^n, 
firm  or  corporation  therein  named  to  carry  on  the  business 
named  in  the  license  at  the  place  designated  therein. 

Every  such  license  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  May 
following  the  date  of  its  issuance. 


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§ 4.  Not  to  Endanger  Health.  No  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration, either  as  principal,  clerk,  agent  or  servant,  shall 
sell  any  of  such  waters,  carbonated  waters,  cider,  near  beer  or 
soft  drinks  of  any  kind  containing  ingredients  detrimental 
or  deleterious  to  health. 

§ 5.  Premises  to  be  Kept  Sanitary.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  every  person,  firm  or  corporation  licensed  to  carry  on  a 
business  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  to  at  all  times 
kee])  the  premises  where  such  business  is  carried  on  clean  and 
in  ])roper  sanitary  condition.  All  persons  employed  or  work- 
ing in  such  premises  shall  be  clean  and  cleanly  clothed.  All 
utensils,  appliances,  vessels,  receptacles,  refrigerators,  or  any 
other  places  or  things  whatsoever  which  are  used  for  the  pur- 
pose of  storing  must  at  all  times  be  kept  in  a clean,  whole- 
some and  sanitary  condition. 

§ 6.  Inspection  of  Premises.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  from  time  to  time  to  cause  to  be 
inspected  and  examined  all  premises  wherein  the  business  of 
so  selling  waters,  carbonated  waters,  cider,  near  beer,  or  soft 
drinks  of  any  kind  is  carried  on  for  the  purpose  of  ascertain- 
ing whether  all  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  and 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  relative  to  carrying  on  such 
business  are  being  complied  with  at  such  premises.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  every  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  licensed 
under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  to  permit  such  inspec- 
tions to  be  made,  and.  when  required,  to  furnish  samples  of 
any  waters,  carbonated  waters,  cider,  near  beer,  or  soft  drinks 
of  an}^  kind,  which  samples  shall  be  examined  or  analyzed  by 
or  under  the  direction  of  said  Commissioner  of  Public  Health 
and  Safety,  and  a record  of  such  examination  or  analysis 
shall  be  made  and  kept  on  file  in  his  office. 

§ 7.  Revocation  of  License.  The  Commissioner  of  Pub- 
lic Health  and  Safety  may  at  any  time  recommend  the  revoca- 
tion of  any  license  issued  under  the  terms  of  this  ordinance, 
and  the  Council  may  revoke  such  license  by  notice  in  writing 
whenever  it  shall  appear  to  its  satisfaction  from  the  recom- 


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mendation  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety, 
or  otherwise,  that  the  licensee  has  violated  the  provisions  of 
any  law  of  the  State  of  Illinois  or  of  any  ordinance  'of  the 
City  of  Rock  Island  relating  to  the  carrying  on  of  the  busi- 
ness named  in  the  license. 

§ 8.  Penalty.  Any  person,  hrm  or  corporation  who  shall 
\ iolate  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  ($25)  dollars,  and  a further  sum  of  five  ($5)  dollars  for 
each  and  every  day  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall 
persist  in  any  such  violation  after  a conviction  for  the  first 
offense. 


I—  STREET  NAMES  \ 

II—  STREET  NUMBERS 

III—  REGULATION  AND  CONTROL  OF 
I\  — LAYING  PIPES  IN  STREETS 

\ — EXCAAhATIONS  IN  STREETS 


Section  1.  Names  of  Streets.  The  streets  of  this  city, 
unless  otherwise  specially  designated  by  ordinance,  shall  be 
named  and  designated  as  follows: 

ddie  streets  running  north  and  south  shall  be  called 
“Streets”  and  shall  be  numbered  from  one  upward,  com- 
mencing at  First  Street  as  the  extreme  western  street  in  the 
city  and  numbering  toward  the  east. 

ddie  streets  running  east  and  west  shall  be  called  “Ave- 
nues” and  shall  be  numbered  from  one  upward,  commencing 
at  First  Avenue  as  the  avenue  bordering  on  the  Mississippi 
River  and  numbering  toward  the  south.  Half  streets  and 


CHAPTER 


STREETS 


I— STREET  NAMES 


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avenues  and  courts  may  be  specially  designated  by  the 
Council. 

§ 2.  Street  Names — How  Designated.  The  names  of  all 
streets  and  avenues  as  the  same  have  been  established  by  ordi- 
nance shall  be  plainly  designated  by  suitable  metal  signs  con- 
spicuously placed.  There  shall  be  at  least  one  such  sign 
placed  at  each  street  intersection. 

II— STREET  NUMBERS 

§ 3.  Houses  and  Lots  Fronting  on  Streets,  etc.,  to  be 
Numbered — How.  The  following  shall  be  and  is  hereby 
adopted  as  the  plan  of  numbering  the  houses,  lots  and  parts 
of  lots  fronting  on  any  street,  avenue  or  public  place  of  said 
city,  to-wit : The  numbering  of  streets  running  north  and 
south  shall  commence  at  First  Avenue,  and  the  numbers  shall 
run  from  one  hundred  up  to  two  hundred,  so  far  as  necessary, 
and  shall  be  used  consecutively  for  the  distance  of  the  first 
block  or  fractional  block,  the  even  numbers  for  the  right  hand 
or  the  west  side  of  the  street,  and  odd  numbers  for  the  left 
hand  or  east  side  of  the  street.  One  number  shall  be  left  for 
and  applied  to  each  twenty  feet  of  distance,  and  in  any  case 
where  a 'building  or  place  of  business  occupies  less  than 
twenty  feet  a fractional  number  shall  be  used.  The  numbers 
from  two  hundred  to  three  hundred  shall  in  like  manner  be 
used  for  the  second  block,  and  in  like  manner  for  succeeding 
blocks,  consecutively.  The  numbering  of  avenues  running 
east  and  west  shall  be  done  in  like  manner,  commencing  at 
First  Street,  even  numbers  being  used  for  the  right  hand  or 
south  side  of  the  avenue  and  odd  numbers  for  the  left  hand 
or  north  side  of  the  avenue.  Each  lot  and  part  of  lot  fronting 
on  any  street,  avenue  or  public  place  of  said  city  not  already 
correctly  numbered  shall  be  numbered  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  Chapter. 

§ 4.  Numbers — How  to  be  Affixed  to  Buildings.  Each 
of  the  figures  of  every  number  shall  be  not  less  than  three 
inches  in  length  and  plainly  marked  so  as  to  be  easily  read 


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and  be  firmly  and  conspicuously  affixed  on  the  front  part  of 
the  buildings  to  which  the  same  are  attached. 

§ 5.  Owner  or  Occupant  to  Number  Building.  Any  per- 
son being  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building  now  erected 
and  fronting  on  any  street,  avenue  or  public  place  of  said 
city,  which  is  not  already  correctly  numbered,  who,  after 
being  notified  as  aforesaid  that  the  proper  street  numbers  are 
of  record  in  the  City  Hall,  shall  for  thirty  days  refuse  or 
neglect  to  number  any  building  or  buildings  owned  or  occu- 
pied by  him  or  them  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this 
'Chapter,  or  who  shall  number  any  such  building  with  any 
number  other  than  that  designated  therefor  by  the  aforesaid 
record,  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalty  provided  in  this 
Chapter. 

§ 6.  Notice  to  be  Given  and  Owners  to  Number  their 
Buildings  in  Thirty  Days.  When  notified  by  the  City  Clerk 
to  install  house  numbers,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owners  or 
occupants  of  all  buildings  fronting  on  any  street,  avenue  or 
public  place  of  said  city  to  proceed  and  number  their  build- 
ings as  herein  required  within  thirty  days  after  such  notice 
has  been  given. 

Ill— REGULATION  AND  CONTROL  OF  STREETS 
AND  ALLEYS 

§ 7.  To  Make  Excavation  Forbidden  Except  as  Herein- 
after Provided.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  company  or 
corporation,  their  agents,  servants,  employes  or  any  person 
whomsoever,  to  make  or  cause  to  be  made  any  opening,  ditch 
or  excavation  whatsoever  in  or  upon  any  street,  alley,  lane  or 
sidewalk  within  said  city  for  the  laying  of  pipes  or  making 
any  change  or  alteration  in  or  repairs  to  any  pipes  already 
laid,  or  for  any  purpose  whatever,  except  such  work  shall 
be  done  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 

§ 8.  Application  for  -Permit — What  to  Contain.  Any 

company,  corporation,  or  person  or  persons  desiring  to  lay, 
lower,  change,  repair  or  remove  any  sewer,  gas,  water  or  other 


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pipe  or  pipes,  or  to  make  connections  therewith,  or  to  make 
any  change,  improvement  or  alteration  within  the,  right  of 
way  on  any  street,  sidewalk  or’ alley,  shall  first  apply  to  the 
Commissioner  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements  for  a per- 
mit to  enter  upon  such  street,  sidewalk  or  alley  and  make  an 
excavation  therein,  and  shall  in  such  application  describe  the 
portion  of  such  street,  sidewalk,  or  alley  where  such  work  is 
to  be  done  and  which  is  to  be  excavated  or  obstructed,  and 
shall  also  give  a bond  conditioned  that  he  or  they  will  suitably 
guard  and  protect  any  such  excavation  or  obstruction,  and 
defend,  save,  keep  harmless  and  indemnify  the  said  City  of 
Rock  Island  from  all  actions,  suits,  costs,  damages  and  ex- 
penses whatsoever,  including  attorney’s  fees,  which  shall  or 
may  at  any  time  happen  to  come  to  it  for  or  on  account  of  any 
injuries  or  damages  received  or  sustained  by  any  party  or  par- 
ties by  or  from  the  acts  or  omissions  of  the  applicant  or  his  or 
their  servants  or  agents  in  doing-  such  work  ; and  that  he  or  they 
will  restore  all  streets,  sidewalks  or  alleys  to  their  former 
condition,  to  complete  such  work  as  speedily  as  possible,  and 
when  completed  to  notify  the  City  Clerk  of  such  fact,  so  that 
the  said  Commissioner  may  see  that  the  same  has  been 
promptly  and  properly  restored  to  their  former  condition  by 
the  party  receiving  such  permit;  and  further  conditioned  that 
he,  it  or  they  will  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  such 
application  pay  to  the  City  Clerk,  for  the  use  of  said  city,  the 
cost  of  refilling,  repairing  and  replacing  the  surface  or  pave- 
ment of  such  street,  sidewalk  or  alley;  if  said  work  shall  be 
done  by  the  city,  or  be  necessary  to  so  be  done,  the  cost  in  all 
cases  to  be  certified  by  the  said  Commissioner;  such  bond, 
with  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor. 

§ 9.  Commissioner  to  Issue  Permit.  Upon  application 
being  made  as  required  in  tiie  preceding  section,  the  said 
Commissioner  shall  issue  a permit  to  the  applicant,  stating 
ther-ein  all  the  privileges  thereby  granted. 

§ 10.  Moving  Houses  on  Streets.  It  is  further  provided 
that  hereafter  no  person  or  persons  shall  be  allowed  to  move 
on  or  along  the  streets  or  avenues  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island, 


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Illinois,  a building  or  a structure  of  any  nature  the  height  of 
which  exceeds  twenty-three  (23)  feet,  including  the  blocking 
and  apparatus  used  in  so  moving  it,  and  the  width  of  which 
exceeds  twenty-four  (24)  feet,  unless  by  special  permission 
of  the  Council. 

§ 11.  House  Mover — License — Bond.  No  person,  firm  or 
corporation  shall  move  any  building  or  other  structure  along 
the  streets,  avenues  or  alleys  of  said  city  unless  he  shall  have 
first  obtained  a license  as  a house  mover,  under  a penalty  of 
not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
($200)  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Any  person  may  obtain  a license  as  a house  mover  upon 
the  payment  of  a license  fee  of  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  per 
annum  and  the  execution  to  the  city  of  a bond  in  the  sum  of 
one  thousand  ($1,000)  dollars,  with  at  least  two  (2)  good  sure- 
ties, to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  conditional,  among  other 
things,  that  said  party  applying  for  such  license  will  pay  the 
owner  or  owners  any  and  all  damages  which  may  happen  to 
any  trees,  pavements,  streets  or  sidewalks,  or  to  any  telegraph, 
telephone,  electric  light  or  electric  street  car  pole  or  wire 
within  said  city,  whether  said  damage  or  injury  shall  be 
inflicted  by  said  party  or  his  agent,  employes  or  workmen. 
Said  mover  shall  cut  no  wires,  but  shall  give  twenty-four 
hours  notice  to  the  owners  of  the  same  to  remove  and  adjust 
them,  and  shall  pay  such  owners  of  the  same  their  reasonable 
expense  therefor,  and  conditioned  also  that  said  party  will 
save  and  indemnify  and  keep  harmless  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  from  all  liabilities,  judgments,  costs  and  expenses 
which  may  in  any  way  accrue  against  said  city  in  consequence 
of  the  granting  of  such  license  or  any  permit,  and  will  in  all 
things  comply  with  the  ordinances  of  the  city  and  all  permits 
granted  to  him. 

§ 12.  Permit  to  Issue.  Whenever  such  application  shall 
have  been  filed  as  aforesaid,  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings 
shall  have  authority,  in  his  discretion,  to  issue  a permit  to 
any  of  such  parties  applying  for  the  same  to  occupy  such 


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])ortions  of  the  streets  so  prayed  for,  specifying  in  the  per- 
mit all  the  privileges  therein  granted,  w^ith  the  terms  and 
conditions  of  the  same,  and  the  said  Superintendent  of  Build- 
ings shall  see  that  they  are  fully  and  completely  'complied 
with. 

§ 13.  Penalty  for  Non-Compliance  With  Conditions  of 
Permit — Permit  to  be  Revoked.  Whenever  any  party  or 
parties  to  whom  such  permit  may  be  granted  shall  fail 
through  wilfullness  or  neglect  to  perform  any  of  the  condi- 
tions or  comply  with  any  of  the  requirements  of  the  same, 
each  party  so  failing  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  five 
($5)  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  ($50)  dollars  for  each  offense; 
and  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings  shall  have  authority,  in 
his  discretion,  to  revoke  such , permits  and  all  privileges 
granted  therein,  and  to  recjuire  the  removal  forthwith  of  all 
material,  dirt,  rubbish  and  obstruction  of  any  kind  placed 
upon  such  street. 

IV— LAYING  PIPES  IN  STREETS 

§ 14.  Laying  of  Lead  Water  Pipes  in  Streets.  That 
whenever  any  street  or  alley  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island  is 
hereafter  to  be  permanently  improved  by  paving  or  otherwise, 
one  extra  strong  lead  water  service  pipe  shall  be  laid  from  the 
water  main  on  such  street  or  alley  to  the  lot  line  for  each 
lot  or  part  bf  lot  having  a separate  water  service,  and  all  iron 
water  service  pipes  in  the  streets  so  to  be  improved  shall  be 
removed  to  the  lot  line  on  each  side  of  such  street  or  alley. 

§ 15.  Cost  of  Laying — How  Paid.  The  cost  of  laying 
such  lead  Avater  service  pipes  shall  be  borne  by  the  owners  of 
the  property  to  be  served,  and  if  after  a reasonable  notice 
from  the  city  to  lay  such  lead  service  pipe  any  property 
owner  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  lay  the  same,  the  city  may 
proceed  to  lay  it  and  collect  the  cost  thereof  from  the 
property  owner. 

The  city  may  order  the  installation  of  said  lead  service 
pipes  as  a separate  improvement,  by  special  taxation  or 
special  assessment,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Council. 


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All  conuectioiis  with  water,  sewer  or  gas  pipes  and  all 
other  supply  and  outlet  pipes  of  whatever  kind  or  nature 
along  said  streets  so  to  be  improved  must  be  made  and  laid 
when  the  said  streets,  alleys,  etc.,  are  open  and  excavated  for 
the  said  improvements,  or  prior  thereto. 

V— EXCAVATIONS  IN  STREETS 

§ 16.  Excavating — Restoring  Street.  That  any  person, 
firm  or  corporation,  licensed  or  unlicensed,  who  shall  fail, 
neglect  or  refuse  within  a period  of  ten  (10)  days  after  ex- 
cavating in  street,  avenue,  alley  or  highway  in  this  city  to 
restore  the  same  to  the  condition  existing  before  the  said 
excavating  was  done  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  city  double 
the  amount  of  the  expense  incurred  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Streets  or  the  officer  under  whose  supervision  the  work  is 
done  in  restoring  said  street  to  said  prior  existing  condition. 
This  section  ai)plies  as  well  to  all  excavations  made  under 
sidewalks  in  this  city.  Whenever  the  Superintendent  of 
Streets  or  the  properly  authorized  officer  is  obliged  to  do  the 
work  of  restoring  any  street,  avenue,  alley,  highway  or  side- 
walk to  its  former  condition  after  an  excavation  has  been 
made  therein,  which  said  work  of  restoration  has  been  neces- 
sitated by  the  failure  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to 
comply  with  the  requirements  hereof,  then,  and  in  that  event, 
said  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  be  deprived  of  the 
privilege  of  opening  and  excavating  in  any  of  the  streets, 
alleys,  avenues  and  highways  of  this  city  until  the  sum  stated 
herein  shall  ha\-e  been  paid  in  to  the  City  Clerk. 

Whenever  any  street,  avenue,  alley  or  highway  in  this 
city  is  improved  by  paving  the  same  with  brick,  wooden  or 
stone  blocks  or  asphaltum,  the  said  paving  and  street  shall 
not  be  opened  nor  shall  any  excavations  be  allowed  to  be 
made  therein  for  a period  of  seven  years,  dating  from  the 
time  of  the  com])letion  of  said  improvement,  except  upon 
permission  granted  by  a two-thirds  vote  of  the  Council. 

§ 17.  Poles  for  Street  Lights.  Permission  is  hereby 
given  pro])erty  owners  to  establish  on  the  streets  and  avenues 


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in  ‘front  of  their  respective  properties  poles  to  be  used  in 
street  lighting,  upon  the  property  owners  complying  with  the 
requirem-ents  of  the  city  ordinances. 

§ 18.  Penalty.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Chapter  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misde- 
meanor, and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  unless  otherwise  pro- 
vided herein,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  one 
($1)  dollar  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars 
for  each  offense. 


The  police  department  is  hereby  authorized,  empowered 
and  ordered  to  direct,  control,  restrict  and  regulate,  and  when 
necessary,  temporarily  divert  or  exclude  (in  the  interest  of 
public  safety,  health  and  convenience)  the  movement  of 
pedestrian,  animal  and  vehicular  traffic  of  every  kind  in 
streets,  parks  and  on  bridges,  and  to  adopt  and  enforce  regula- 
tions in  regard  thereto. 


The  term  “Street”  shall  apply  to  that  part  of  a public 
highway  intended  for  vehicles. 

The  term  “One-way  Traffic”  shall  apply  to  a , street 
when  and  where  vehicular  traffic  is  restricted  to  one 
direction. 

The  term  “Curb”  shall  apply  to  the  boundaries  of  a street. 

The  term  “Horse”  shall  apply  to  any  draft  animal  or 
beast  of  burden. 

The  term  “Vehicle”  shall  apply  to  a horse,  motor 
vehicle,  motorcycle,  bicycle  and  to  any  conveyance  except  a 
baby  carriage. 

The  term  “Street  Car”  shall  apply  to  any  conveyance 
confined  to  tracks. 


CHAPTER 


STREET  TRAFEIC 


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The  term  “Driver”  shall  apply  to  the  rider,  driver  or 
leader  of  a horse,  to  a person  who  pushes,  draws,  propels, 
operates,  or  who  is  in  charge  of  a vehicle. 

The  term  “Parked”  shall  apply  to  a waiting  vehicle 
and  to  waiting  vehicles  drawn  up  alongside  of  one  another, 
at  an  angle  of  45  degrees. 

The  term  “Ranked”  shall  apply  to  a vehicle  drawn  up 
with  the  two  right  wheels  within  eighteen  (18)  inches  of  the 
curb,  and  at  least  four  (4)  feet  from  any  other  vehicle. 

Section  1.  Parking  and  Ranking  of  Cars.  That  it  be 
and  is  hereby  declared  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  rank  or  park  any  vehicle,  except  as  herein  provided,  for  a 
period  of  more  than  thirty  minutes  at  any  time  between  the 
hours  of  seven  o’clock  a.  m.  and  seven  o’clock  p.  m.,  excepting 
Saturdays,  when  the  hours  shall  be  extended  to  nine  o’clock 
p.  m.,  within  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  bounded 
as  follows,  to-wit : On  the  north  by  the  south  side  of  First 

Avenue;  on  the  south  by  the  south  side  of  Third  Avenue;  on 
the  east  by  the  east  side  of  Twentieth  Street,  and  on  the  west 
by  the  west  side  of  Fifteenth  Street.  Except  that  cars  may 
be  parked  on  all  streets  running  north  and  south  within  that 
portion  of  the  city  above  defined,  excepting  on  Fifteenth, 
Nineteenth  and  Twentieth  Streets  between  Second  and  Third 
Avenues,  where  vehicles  shall  be  ranked  and  are  not  appli- 
cable to  the  thirty  minute  rule.  On  Second  and  Third  Ave- 
nues within  that  portion  of  the  city  above  defined  cars  shall 
be  ranked  only,  and  cars  shall  neither  be  ranked  nor  parked 
on  the  east  side  of  Seventeenth  Street  between  Second  and 
Third  Avenues. 

It  is  provided  that  in  any  street  or  part  of  a street  in  which 
traffic  is  so  congested  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Chief  of 
Police  or  other  police  officer,  recjuires  the  entire  width  of 
such  street  or  part  of  street,  then  there  shall  be  no  portion  of 
such  street  used  for  ranking  or  .parking  during  the  time  of 
such  congestion. 

All  vehicles  shall  be  excluded  from  ranking  or  parking  in 
such  a manner  as  to  obstruct  the  entrance  to  any  theater, 


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auditorium  or  other  public  or  office  building  except  to  take 
on  or  discharge  passengers  or  freight,  and,  furthermore, 
draying  and  hauling  vehicles  shall  not  so  obstruct  such  part 
of  the  street  in  front  of  any  theater  between  the  hours  of  six 
o’clock  p.  m.  and  twelve  o’clock  midnight. 

No  vehicle  in  the  district  described  in  this  section  shall 
be  ranked  or  parked  within  twenty  feet  of  a corner.  No 
vehicle  shall  be  parked  or  ranked  within  twenty-five  feet  of 
a fire  hydrant  unless  such  vehicle  is  in  charge  of  some  person 
capable  of  driving  same.  A vehicle  shall  always  stop  with 
the  right  wheels  toward  the  curb. 

In  turning  while  in  motion,  or  in  starting  to  turn,  or  in 
backing,  or  in  starting  ahead,  or  when  about  to  stop,  the  opera- 
tor of  a vehicle  must  signal  either  by  hand,  whip  or  special 
device,  indicating  the  direction  in  which  the  turn  is  about  to 
be  made. 

§ 2.  Right  of  Way — Who  Has.  It  shall  be  distinctly 
understood  that  within  the  limits  of  this  city,  when  traffic 
approaches  street  or  avenue  intersections,  the  vehicle  to  the 
right  shall  have  the  right  of  way.  And,  furthermore,  vehi- 
cles turning  to  the  left  into  another  street  shall  give  the  right 
of  way  to  vehicles  traveling  the  street  into  which  same  are 
turning;  and,  furthermore,  vehicles  turning  to  the  right  from 
one  street  into  another  shall  have  the  right  of  way  over 
vehicles  traveling  on  the  street  into  which  same  are  turning. 
All  vehicles  passing  along  streets  or  avenues  shall  have  the 
right  of  way  over  vehicles  exiting  from  alleys. 

§ 3.  Speed  at  Street  Intersections.  At  all  street  inter- 
sections within  the  district  described  in  section  one  (1) 
vehicles  shall  not  proceed  across  or  turn  at  such  intersections 
at  a speed  to  exceed  six  (6)  miles  per  hour,  and  in  the  case 
of  undue  congestion,  the  vehicle  or  vehicles  crossing  or  turn- 
ing at  such  intersections  shall  slow  down  to  a speed  which 
assures  safety  to  other  vehicles  and  pedestrians. 

§ 4.  Auto  Passing  Street  Car.  Ever^j  person  riding, 
driving,  propelling,  operating,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle 


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when  approaching  or  about  to  pass  any  street  car,  which  car 
is  stopping  for  the  purpose  of  taking  on  or  discharging  pas- 
sengers, shall  stop  until  such  passengers  are  loaded  or  dis- 
charged at  a distance  of  not  less  than  five  (5)  feet  from  the 
said  street  car  and  until  the  car  starts. 

§ 5.  Pedestrians.  In  the  City  of  Rock  Island  pedes- 
trians crossing  the  street  must  do  so  in  the  most  direct  line 
from  curb  to  curb,  and  must  not  cross  diagonally  or  obliquely, 
except  upon  a cross  walk. 

Crowds  in  Streets.  At  the  time  of  'any  public  parade, 
accident,  riot,  public  peril  or  other  circumstance  causing 
people  to  congregate  or  assemble  a person  must  not  enter  or 
remain  within  the  danger  lines  or  other  bounds  established 
by  the  police  or  by  or  under  the  direction  of  an  authorized 
city  official  for  the  preservation  of  public  safety,  peace  and 
order,  unless  such  person  be  duly  authorized  by  an  officer 
there  in  charge. 

At  the  time  of  the  gathering  of  any  number  of  persons  at 
a hall,  auditorium,  theater,  or  public  building,  people  must 
not  stand  or  congregate  in  such  a manner  as  to  in  any  way 
obstruct  the  entrance  or  obstruct  the  traffic  of  other  persons 
upon  the  sidewalk  or  obstruct  the  traffic  of  vehicles  upon  the 
public  street  in  front  of  such  hall,  auditorium,  theater,  or  pub- 
lic building. 

All  street  cars  carrying  passengers  traveling  along  Second 
Avenue  from  Sixteenth  to  Nineteenth  Streets,  or  in  the  oppo- 
site direction,  shall  make  one  stop  in  each  block  on  the  near 
side  of  each  street  between  the  hours  of  nine  o’clock  a.  m. 
and  ten  o’clock  p.  m.  All  east  bound  street  cars  on  Third 
Avenue  shall  stop  at  the  east  intersection  of  Twentieth  Street 
and  Third  Avenue. 

All  vehicles  or  street  cars  passing  along  Fifth  Avenue  and 
approaching  the  intersection  of  Twenty-fourth  Street  and 
Fifth  Avenue  shall  have  the  right  of  way  over  vehicles  pass- 
ing along  Twenty-fourth  Street. 


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§ 6.  Unlawful  to  Drive  Through  Funeral.  It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  a driver  of  any  vehicle  to  drive  or  lead  his 
\ehicle  through  any  funeral  parade  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  of  Rock  Island. 

§ 7.  Intoxicated  Person  Shall  Not  Drive.  It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  while  in  an  intoxicated  condition 
to  drive  any  vehicle  upon  the  streets  of  this  city. 

§ 8.  Speed  Allowed.  No  person  shall  drive  a vehicle 
within  the  limits  of  this  city  where  the  same  passes  through 
the  closely  built  up  business  portions  of  the  city  at  a speed 
' to  exceed  ten  (10)  miles  an  hour,  or  where  same  passes 
through  the  residence  portion  of  this  city  at  a speed  to  ex- 
ceed fifteen  (15)  miles  an  hour. 

§ 9.  Crossing  Must  be  Made  at  Intersection.  A driver 
of  a vehicle  crossing  from  one  side  of  the  street  to  the  other 
shall  do  so  by  turning  to  the  left  at  the  street  intersection. 

§ 10.  Lights — Horns,  etc..  Required.  A person  driving  an 
automobile  within  the  limits  of  this  city  must  have  same 
properly  equipped  with  a horn,  bell  or  other  device  for 
signaling  by  sound  to  give  notice  of  its  approach,  and  between 
a period  from  sunset  to  one  hour  before  sunrise  shall  carry 
two  lighted  lamps  showing  white  lights  visible  at  least  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  in  the  direction  which  said  automobile  is 
proceeding,  ranked  or  parked,  and  also  shall  exhibit  one 
lighted  lamp  which  shall  be  situated  as  to  throw  a red  light  in 
the  reverse  direction.  All  other  vehicles  shall  carry  at  least 
one  light  on  the  left  side  of  said  vehicle,  with  a white  light 
visible  forward  and  a red  light  visible  in  the  reverse  direction. 

§ 11.  Dimmer  Required  on  Headlight.  It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person  operating  any  automobile,  motorcycle 
or  other  vehicle,  while  operating  the  same  upon  the  public 
streets,  highways,  parks  and  parkways  within  the  city,  to  use 
any  acetylene,  electric  or  other  bright  headlight  or  spotlight, 
or  any  headlight  the  rays  from  which  shall  be  intensified  by 
any  parabolic  or  condensing  lens  in  front  of  the  light,  unless 
such  headlight  or  spotlight  shall  be  shaded  or  dimmed  so  as 


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not  to  blind  or  dazzle  other  users  of  the  highways  or  make  it 
difficult  or  unsafe  for  them  to  ride,  drive  or  walk  thereon. 
The  shading  or  dimming  of  the  upper  half  of  the  lens  shall 
be  deemed  a compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

§ 12.  Cut  Out — When  Prohibited.  That  no  driver  or 
operator  of  any  motor-driven  vehicle  shall  use  or  permit  the 
use  of  on  any  vehicle  operated  by  him  or  under  his  immedi- 
ate control  of  what  is  commonly  called  “cut-out,”  between 
the  hours  of  seven  (7)  o’clock  p.  m.  and  seven  (7)  o’clock  a.  m. 

§ 13.  Fire  Department  Has  Right  of  Way.  That  when 
running  or  responding  to  fire  calls  the  various  fire  department 
trucks  and  vehicles  shall  have  the  immediate  right  of  way  on 
and  over  all  streets  and  public  places  in  this  city. 

All  drivers  of  automobiles  or  vehicles  of  whatever  kind  or 
description  who  shall  find  the  automobile  or  vehicle  so  driven 
by  them  to  be  in  the  way  of  any  truck  or  vehicle  of  the  fire 
department  which  is  responding  to  a call  shall  immediately 
clear  the  roadway  and  shall  take  steps  so  as  to  give  the  fire 
department  trucks  or  vehicles,  as  far  as  possible,  a clear  and 
uninterrupted  right  of  way.  ' 

§ 14.  Not  Applicable  to  Post  Office  Employes.  The 

provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  not  intended  to  be  applicable 
to  persons  in  the  employ  of  the  post  office  department  while 
engaged  in  the  performance  of  their  duties  as  such  employes, 
or  to  vehicles,  whether  the  same  are  motorized  or  horse 
drawn,  that  are  used  by  such  employes  in  the  performance  of 
their  said  duties. 

§ 15.  Speed  of  Sprinkling  Car.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  owning,  operating  or  con- 
ducting any  wagon  sprinkler,  street  car  sprinkler  or  other 
vehicle  used  for  the  sprinkling  of  water  on  the  streets  and 
avenues  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  to  operate  or  manage 
said  wagon  sprinkler,  street  car  sprinkler  or  other  such 
vehicle  while  sprinkling  the  streets  and  avenues  so  that  it 
shall  exceed  in  speed  the  rate  of  ten  (10)  miles  per  hour. 


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§ 16.  Violation — Penalty.  Any  person  violating  any 
provision  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a mis- 
demeanor, and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by 
a hue  of  not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor  more  than  fifteen 
($15)  dollars  for  the  first  offense,  and  not  less  than  five  ($5) 
dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  for  the  second 
oft'ense,  and  for  the  third  and  all  succeeding  offenses  not  less 
than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
($100)  dollars. 


Section  1.  License  Required.  No  automobile,  autocar, 
cab  or  other  similar  vehicle  shall  be  used  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  persons  for  hire  within  the  City  'of  Rock  Island, 
whether  the  said  automobile,  autocar,  <3r  other  similar 
vehicle  secures  its  passengers  from  a public  stand  or  stands 
upon  the  street  or  whether  the  same  is  kept  in  a private 
garage,  unless  every  such  vehicle  be  licensed  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

§ 2.  Application — Fee — Term.  The  owner  of  any  such 
automobile,  autocar,  cab  or  other  similar  vehicle  for  which 
it  is  desired  to  secure  a license  shall  make  application  to  the 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,-  setting  forth  therein 
the  name  of  such  owner  or  owners,  a description  of  the  vehicle 
for  which  it  is  desired  to  secure  a license,  and  the  place  where 
such  vehicle  is  kept,  if  the  same  is  kept  in  a private  garage. 
The  application  shall  be  provided  by  the  said  City  Clerk.  The 
City  Clerk,  upon  receipt  of  such  application,  shall  issue  or 
cause  to  be  issued  a license  for  such  vehicle  upon  the  payment 
by  the  applicant  of  a license  fee  of  twenty  ($20)  dollars  per 
annum.  Such  license  fee  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk,  and 
upon  the  payment  thereof  a license  shall  be  issued,  attested 
by  the  City  Clerk,  authorizing  the  use  of  such  vehicle  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  Article  until  the  expira- 
tion of  such  license.  And  each  and  every  license  when 


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granted  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  the  municipal  year  follow- 
ing the  issuance  of  such  license. 

§ 3.  Public  Stands — Restrictions.  Any  automobile,  auto- 
car, cab  or  other  similar  vehicle  licensed  under  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  may  stand  at  such  places,  and  at  no  other 
places,  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  designated  by  the  Council 
for  that  purpose. 

No  automobile,  autocar,  cab  or  other  similar  vehicle  en- 
titled to  use  such  stands  shall  be  permitted  to  stand  anywhere 
thereon  in  such  manner  as  to  obstruct  the  entrance  to  any 
building,  structure,  or  place,  nor  shall  any  automobile,  autocar, 
or  other  similar  vehicle  entitled  to  use  stands  be  permitted  to 
stand  within  thirty  feet  of  any  of  the  intersecting  streets 
or  avenues  upon  which  any  of  the  stands  are  located. 

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§ 4.  How  Car  Shall  be  Designated.  Every  automobile, 
autocar,  cab  or  other  similar  vehicle  licensed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  article  shall  have  the  name  of  the  owner 
thereof  plainly  painted  in  letters  at  least  one  and  one-half 
inches  in  height,  and  the  number  of  the  license  plainly 
painted  in  numbers  at  least  four  inches  in  height,  in  a con- 
spicuous place  on  the  outside  of  each  side  of  such  vehicle,  and 
such  name  and  number  shall  be  kept  so  painted  plainly  and 
distinctly  at  all  times  while  such  vehicle  is  in  use  during  the 
continuance  of  such  license.  Upon  the  expiration  of  such 
license  (unless  same  is  forthwith  renewed)  such  name  and 
number  shall  be  at  once  erased  from  such  vehicle  and  such 
vehicle  shall  not  thereafter  be  used  with  such  name  or  num- 
ber thereon. 

§ 5.  Property  Left  in  Car  by  Passenger.  Whenever  any 
package,  article  or  baggage  or  goods  of  any  kind  shall  be 
left  in  or  upon  any  vehicle  licensed  under  the  provisions  of 
this  Chapter,  the  operator  of  such  vehicle  shall,  upon  dis- 
covery of  such  package,  baggage  or  goods,  forthwith  deliver 
the  same  to  the  Desk  Sergeant  at  the  Police  Station  in  the 
City  of  Rock  Island. 


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§ 6.  Rate  of  Fare.  The  rate  of  fare  to  be  asked  or  de- 
manded by  the  operator  or  person  in  charge  or  control  of  any 
automobile,  autocar,  cab  or  other  similar  vehicle  licensed 
hereunder  and  operated  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  for 
hire  or  reward  within  the  city  shall  not  be  in  excess  of  the 
following : 

(1)  For  one  passenger,  not  exceeding  one  mile,  fifty 
(50c)  cents. 

(2)  For  each  additional  passenger  twenty-five  (25c) 
cents  for  the  first  mile. 

(3)  For  one  or  more  passengers,  for  the  second  mile  and 
subsequent  miles  or  part  thereof,  twenty-five  (25c)  cents  for 
each  passenger  for  each  mile  or  part  thereof. 

(4)  For  the  use  of  any  vehicle  mentioned  in  this  section, 
conveying  one  or  more  passengers,  when  hired  by  the  hour 
with  the  privilege  of  going  from  place  to  place  and  stopping 
as  may  be  required,  for  the  first  hour  two  and  one-half  ($2.50) 
dollars,  and  for  each  additional  hour  or  part  thereof  the  rate 
of  two  ($2)  dollars  per  hour,  and  for  each  passenger  carried 
in  excess  of  the  seating  capacity  of  the  car,  fifty  (50c)  cents 
for  each  additional  passenger  for  each  hour. 

§ 7.  Passenger  Not  to  Sit  on  Running  Board.  No  per- 
son, firm  or  corporation  operating  under  such  license  shall, 
either  as  principal,  agent  or  employe,  permit  any  person  to 
stand  or  sit  upon  the  running  board,  fender,  or  hood  of  the 
automobile,  autocar  or  other  similar  vehicle  while  said  vehicle 
is  in  operation. 

§ 8.  Penalty  for  Not  Conveying  Passengers  When  Ap- 
plied To.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  licensed  as  afore- 
said when  unemployed  and  his  legal  fare  is  paid  or  tendered 
to  him  shall,  without  lawful  excuse,  refuse  to  convey  within 
said  city  any  person,  with  or  without  baggage,  as  aforesaid 
when  applied  to  for  that  purpose,  or  having  undertaken  to 
convey  such  person,  shall  omit  or  neglect  so  to  do,  under  the 
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§ 9.  May  Demand  Fare  in  Advance — Must  Give  Name 
and  Number  of  License.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
licensed  as  aforesaid  may  demand  his  legal  fare  to  be  paid  in 
advance  by  any  person  seeking  to  employ  him,  and  may  refuse 
to  convey  any  person  who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  such 
demand.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  so  licensed  shall 
give  to  any  person  requesting  the  same  his  name  and  the  num- 
ber of  his  license. 

§ 10.  mPenalty  for  Violation.  Every  person,  persons,  or 
corporation  who  shall  keep,  use  or  operate,  or  be  in  charge, 
possession  or  control  of,  or  cause  to  be  kept,  used  or  operated 
upon  any  of  the  streets  or  public  ways  of  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  any  automobile,  autocar,  cal)  or  other  similar  vehicle 
for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  for  hire  or  reward  which 
has  not  been  licensed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  Chapter,  or  who  keeps,  uses  or  operates,  or  causes  to  be 
kept,  used  or  operated,  any  such  automobile,  autocar,  or  other 
similar  vehicle  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Chapter  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  each  and 
every  day  on  which  any  such^  person  or  corporation  shall  so 
keep,  use  or  operate,  or  cause  to  be  kept,  used  or  operated, 
any  such  automobile,  autocar,  or  other  similar  vehicle  after 
the  first  offense  shall  constitute  a separate  and  distinct 
off'ense. 


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CHAPTER  54 

WAGONS  AND  OTHER  VEHICLES 

Section  1.  Width  of.  Tires.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  at  any  time  to  drive,  or  having  authority  and  control 
thereof,  permit  to  be  driven  over  any  of  the  streets  or  public 
grounds  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  any  automobile,  wagon 
or  vehicle  which,  with  the  load  thereon,  weighs  gver  4,500 
and  not  more  than  5,500  pounds  and  the  tires  of  which  are  less 
than  two  and  one-half  inches  wide,  or  any  automobile, 
wagon  or  vehicle  which,  with  the  load  thereon,  weighs  over 
5,500  and  not  more  than  8,000  pounds  and  the  tires  of  which 
are  less  than  three  inches  wide,  or  any  automobile,  wagon  or 
vehicle  which,  with  the  load  thereon,  weighs  over  8,000 
pounds  and  the  tires  of  which  are  less  than  four  inches  wide. 
No  automobile,  wagon  or  vehicle  shall,  with  the  load  thereon, 
weigh  in  excess  of  25,000  pounds. 

§ 2.  Wagon  to  be  Weighed  by  Public  Weigher.  When- 
ever any  policeman  or  other  officer  of  the  city  may  see  any 
loaded  wagon  or  vehicle  driven  on  the  streets  or  public 
grounds  of  the  city  which  may  appear  to  him  to  be  driven  in 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  he  shall 
direct  the  person  or  persons  driving  such  wagons  or  vehicles, 
or  in  charge  thereof,  to  drive  the  same  to  the  scales  of  the 
nearest  or  most  convenient  public  weigher,  in  order  to  have 
said  wagon  with  the  load  thereon  weighed,  and  in  case  of  a 
refusal  so  to  do,  the  said  policeman  or  officer  may  himself 
take  and  drive  such  wagon  or  vehicle  to  such  public  weigher. 

§ 3.  Owners  Shall  Drive  to  Scales  When  Directed. 

Whenever  any  person  or  j^ersons  driving  or  in  charge  of  any 
such  wagon  or  vehicle  may  l)e  directed  to  drive  the  same  to 
the  scales  of  a public  weigher  as  provided  in  section  2 hereof, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  person  or  persons  to  immediately 
drive  sucl)  wagon  or  vehicle  to  the  scales  of  such  public 
weigher  and  permit  the  same  to  be  weighed.  , 


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§ 4.  Weigher  Shall  Weigh  Free  of  Charge.  Every  pub- 
lice  weigher  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island  holding  license  as 
such  public  weigher  shall,  when  requested  by  any  officer  or 
policeman  of  the  city,  weigh  free  of  charge  any  wagons  or 
vehicles  brought  to  his  scales  to  be  weighed  under  sections 
2 and  3 hereof.  And  all  licenses  hereafter  granted  to  public 
weighers  shall  be  deemed  granted  upon  condition  of  weigh- 
ing free  of  charge  in  such  cases. 

§ 5.  Weight  of  Loads  on  Seventh  Avenue  Boulevard. 

That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
to  draw  or  have  drawn,  to  propel  or  have  propelled,  any 
vehicle  carrying  a load  in  excess  of  three  tons  in  weight,  in- 
cluding vehicle,  on  that  part  of  Seventh  Avenue  from  Thir- 
tieth Street  to  Forty-sixth  Street  in  said  city,  except  in 
crossing  said  avenue.. 

§ 5.  Penalty  for  Violation.  Any  person  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  whether  in  relation  to 
driving  wagons  or  vehicles  weighing  too  much  for  the  width 
of  the  tires,  or  in  relation  to  driving  such  wagons  or  vehicles 
to  the  scales  of  a public  weigher,  or  in  relation  to  weighing 
such  wagons  or  vehicles  when  driven  to  the  scales  of  a ])ub- 
lic  weigher,  and  every  person  obstructing  or  interfering  with 
an  officer  or  policeman  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  convic- 
tion, be  fined  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars,  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  ($100)  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  55 

WATERWORKS 

Section  1.  Public  Hydrants  — Meddling  With.  All 
hydrants  constructed  and  to  be  constructed  in  the  City  of 
Rock  Island  for  the  purpose  of  extinguishing  fires  in  said 
city  are  hereby  declared  to  be  public  hydrants,  and  no  person' 
or  persons  (other  than  the  members  of  the  fire  department  of 
said'city,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  said  department,  and 
those  having  a written  permit  from  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Ivock  Island  city  waterworks)  shall  open  any  of  said  hydrants, 
or  attempt  to  draw  water  from  the  same,  or  in  any  manner 
interfere  with  or  injure  any  of  said  hydrants. 

§ 2.  Breaking  of  Hydrants — Pollution  or  Waste  of 
Water.  No  person  or  j)ersons  shall  wilfully  or  carelessly 
break  or  injure  any  of  the  pul^lic  hydrants  in  said  city  or 
shall  ])ollute  or  unnecessarily  waste  the  water  at  any  such 
h};drants. 

§ vk  Wrongful  Use  of  Hydrants.  No  member  of  the  fire 
(lei)artment  shall  let  out  or  suffer  or  permit  any  person  or 
persons  to  take  the  wrenches  furnished  to  the  fire  department 
of  said  city  to  be  used  in  case  of  fire,  or  shall  suffer  or  permit 
any  of  said  wrenches  furnished  said  department  to  be  taken 
from  any  of  the  engine  houses  of  said  department,  excej)t  as 
they  accompany  the  engines  on  occasions  of  fire  or  for  other 
purposes  connected  with  the  fire  department. 

§ 4.  Obstructing  Stop-cocks.  No  person  shall  in  any 
manner  obstruct  the  access  to  any  public  hydrant  or  any  stop- 
cock connected  with  any  water  pipe  of  said  city,  by  means  of 
any  lumber,  brick,  building  material  or  other  article,  thing  or 
hindrance  whatsoever. 

§ 5.  Rules  and  Regulations  of  Water  Supply.  The  fol- 
lowing rules  and  regulations  are  hereby  adopted  and  estab- 
lished for  the  government  of  water  takers  in  said  city,  and  it 
is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Su|)erintendent  of  the  City 
W'aterworks  to  enforce  the  same,  viz: 


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1.  No  occupant  or  owner  of  any  building  into  which 
water  is  introduced  will  be  allowed  to  supply  water  to  any 
person  not  living  on  the  premises.  For  a violation  of  this 
provision  the  supply  shall  be  stopped  and  the  amount  paid 
forfeited.  Nor  shall  any  such  occupant  or  owner  permit  any 
service  pipe  conveying  water  into  or  through  such  premises 
to  be  connected  with  any  service  pipe  leading  to  any  other 
lot  or  building,  nor  shall  any  person  introducing  water  into 
any  premises  use  any  other  than  iron  service  pipe  valve 
boxes,  and  in  case  of  decay  or  breakage  of  boxes  heretofore 
put  in,  such  owner  or  occupant  shall  replace  same  by  iron 
boxes  and  shall  keej)  such  boxes  at  all  times  free  from 
obstructions  and  in  good  repair. 

2.  Whenever  two  or  more  parties  shall  be  supplied  from 
one  pipe  connecting  with  the  distributing  main,  the  failure  on 
the  part  of  any  one  of  said  parties  to  comply  with  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  authorize  the  Superintendent 
of  the  W'aterworks  to  shut  off  and  withhold  the  supply  of 
water  from  such  service  pipe  without  any  liability  whatso- 
ever, and  all  payments  made  shall  be  forfeited.  And  in  all 
cases  hereafter  of  making  connections  with  street  mains  a 
separate  connection  shall  be  made  for  each  residence  and 
for  each  division  of  a tenement  house,  or  other  arrangement 
satisfactory  to  the  Su])erintendent  of  Waterworks  whereby 
he  can  at  any  time  readily  shut  off*  the  water  from  each  sepa- 
rate division,  excepting  in  cases  where  one  meter  is  used  to 
measure  all  the  water,  and  in  cases  where,  on  ])etition  of  all 
the  parties  interested,  the  Council  may  find  sufficient  reason 
for  making  an  exception. 

3.  No  person  without  a written  permit  from  the  Superin- 
tendent is  allowed  to  turn  a public  or  priVate  stop-cock. 

4.  No  addition  or  alteration  whatever  in  or  about  any 
conduit,  ])i])e  or  water  cock  shall  be  made  by  any  j)erson.  firm 
or  corporation  without  ])ermission  in  writing  from  the  Sui)er- 
intendent  of  the  Waterwemks. 

5.  All  persons  taking  water  shall  keep  their  service  pipes, 
stop  boxes,  cocks  and  all  attachments  and  a])])aratus  in  good 


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repair  and  protected  from  frost  at  their  own  expense,  and^ 
shall  prevent  all  unnecessary  waste  of  water;  and  it  is  ex-' 
pressly  stipulated  that  no  claim  shall  be  made  against  the  city  \ 
by  reason  of  the  breaking  of  any  cock  or  service  pipe.  All 
attachments  to  water  mains  hereafter  shall  be  made  with  a 
screw  tap,  and  where,  in  replacing  old  by  new  pipe  a drove  :: 
tap  is  found,  the  same  must  be  replaced  by  a screw  tap.  i 

6.  There  shall  be  placed  on  all  service  pipes  immediately 
within  the  wall  of  the  building  supplied  a brass  stop  and 
waste  cock  at  such  a point  that  all  water  may  be  drained  out 
of  pipes  for  the  protection  of  the  occupants,  enabling  them  in 
case  of  leaks  or  bursted  pipes  to  shut  off  the  water  and  drain 
pipes  to  prevent  freezing  in  cold  weather. 

7.  Applications  for  water  must  state  fully  all  purposes 
for  which  it  is  required ; and  upon  the  payment  of  the  semi- 
annual charges  parties  must  answer  truthfully  all  questions 
put  to  them  relating  to  its  consumption.  In  case  of  fraudu- 
lent representation  by  the  applicant,  or  the  use  of  water  for 
purposes  not  embraced  in  the  applicant’s  application,  or  of 
wilful  or  unreasonable  waste  of  water,  the  Superintendent  of 
the  City  Waterworks  shall  have  the  right  to  stop  the  supply 
of  water  unless  the  offender  shall  promptly  pay  a double  rate 
for  the  water  so  used  or  wasted  during  the  period  of  time  in 
question. 

8.  No  person  shall  be  permitted  or  allowed  to  use  or 
receive  water  of  or  from  the  city  waterworks  of  said  city  in 
any  manner  or  for  any  purpose  whatsoever  other  than  as 
designated  and  named  in  the  permit;  no  person  shall  be  per- 
mitted or  allowed  to  sprinkle  streets,  sidewalks,  houses  or 
other  buildings,  or  to  wash  automobiles,  carriages,  wagons, 
omnibuses,  cars  or  other  vehicles  without  first  obtaining  a 
written  permit  therefor  from  the  Superintendent  of , the 
Waterworks;  no  person  shall  be  allowed  to  operate  a hose 
for  sprinkling,  washing  or  other  private  purposes  without  a 
nozzle  thereto,  the  diameter  of  which  shall  not  exceed  one- 
fourth  of  an  inch ; no  owner  or  occupant  of  any  lot,  house. 


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building  or  premises  receiving  water  from  the  city  water- 
works shall  suffer  or  permit  any  continued  leakage  in  the 
services,  connections,  stop-cocks  or  attachments  in  or  upon 
the  said  premises,  nor  allow  any  unnecessary  flow  or  waste  of 
water  while  using  it  for  any  of  the  uses  and  purposes  granted 
in  the  permit;  and  no  builders,  contractors  or  other  persons, 
or  their  agents,  workmen  or  employes  engaged  or  employed 
in  or  upon  any  work,  construction,  masonry  or  building  of 
brick,  stone,  cement  or  other  material,  or  the  plastering, 
cementing  and  flnishing  of  the  same,  requiring  the  use  of 
water  therefor,  shall  have  or  use  the  water  of  the  city  water- 
works taken  from  any  source  whatever  without  first  obtaining 
a special  permit  from  the  Superintendent  of  the  Waterworks, 
the  Superintendent  of  Buildings  or  City  Clerk,  and  the  pay- 
ment of  the  water  rate  in  advance. 

9.  Water  supplied  through  the  city  waterworks  shall  be 
used  for  the  purpose  of  hose  sprinkling  of  yards  or  streets 
only  between  the  hours  of  six  and  eight  a.  m.  and  six  and 
eight  p.  m.  in  the  day.  No  hose  sprinkling  is  allowed  in  time 
of  fire. 

This  section  does  not  apply  to  houses  or  buildings  where 
the  water  is  metered,  except  in  time  of  fire. 

10.  All  officers  and  employes  in  the  waterworks  depart- 
ment of  said  city  shall  have  free  access  at  proper  hours  of 
the  day  to  all  parts  of  every  building  in  which  city  water  is 
consumed,  to  examine  the  pipes  and  fixtures  and  to  ascertain 
whether  there  is  any  unnecessary  waste  of  water. 

11.  For  a violation  of  any  of  the  preceding  rules  and 
regulations  the  Superintendent  of  the  Waterworks  shall 
have  the  right  to  stop  the  supply  of  water  without  any  previ- 
ous notice  thereof ; nor  will  it  be  restored  except  upon  the 
payment  of  the  sum  of  one  ($1)  dollar  for  the  expense  of 
shutting  it  off  and  putting  it  on,  besides  the  amount  of  water 
rates  then  due,  and  upon  satisfactory  assurance  that  no  future 
cause  of  complaint  shall  arise. 


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§ 6.  Penalty  for  Violation  of  Water  Regulations.  Any 

person  who  shall  violate  or  fail  to  observe  or  comply  with 
any  or  either  of  the  rules  and  regulations  for  the  govern- 
ment of  water  takers  specified  in  section  five  hereof  shall,  on 
conviction,  in  addition  to  the  enforcement  of  the  forfeitures, 
liabilities,  stipulations  and  reservations  therein  contained, 
pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor  more  than 
twenty  ($20)  dollars. 

§ 7.  Water  Rates  to  be  Paid  Semi-annually  in  Advance 
in  the  Months  of  May  and  November — Meter  Rates  to  be  Paid 
Quarterly — Discounts  Allowed.  The  water  rates  or  taxes 
hereinafter  established  shall  be  paid  semi-annually  in  ad- 
vance, in  the  months  of  May  and  November,  respectively, at  the 
office  of  the  City  Clerk,  who  is  hereby  made  the  collector  of 
water  rates  ; provided,  that  meter  rates  shall  be  paid  quarterly. 
Every  person  who  shall  fail  to  pay  his  water  rate  or  tax  dur- 
ing the  month  of  May  or  during  the  month  of  November  for 
the  current  six  months,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of  said 
months,  respectively,  or  in  case  of  meter  rates,  within  fifty 
days  from  the  first  day  of  the  quarter,  shall  have  the  use  of 
the  water  sto])ped  until  full  ])ayment  thereof  and  all  arrear- 
ages and  charges  for  shutting  olt  and  turning  on  the  water 
be  made. 

A discount  of  five  (5)  per  cent  sliall  1)C  allowed  to  all  per- 
sons who  ])ay  water  rent  for  the  current  period  as  follows: 

( )n  all  flat  rate  bills  for  the  period  from  May  1st  to  Novem- 
ber 1st,  that  are  paid  in  advance  on  or  before  May  15th. 

On  all  flat  rate  bills  for  the  period  from  November  1st  to 
May  1st,  that  are  paid  in  advance  on  or  before  November  15th. 

On  all  meter  bills  for  periods  ending  February  1st,  May 
1st,  August  1st  and  November  1st,  if  paid  on  or  before  the 
fifth  day  of  the  following  month,  that  is  March  5th,  June  5th, 
September  5th  and  December  5th,  respectively. 

On  all  monthly  meter  bills  if  paid  within  fifteen  days  after 
date  of  bill. 


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§ 8.  Water  Rates  Established.  1.  The  water  rates  or 
taxes  for  water  used  1)y  every  person  using  water  from  or 
through  the  Rock  Island  city  waterworks  shall  be  as  follows, 
to  be  paid  by  the  owner  of  the  premises  where  the  water  is 
taken : 

Per  Annum 


For  residences,  boarding  houses  and  hotels,  four  rooms 

or  under $ 4.00 

For  residences,  boarding  houses,  each  additional  room....  1.00 

For  offices,  each 5.00 

For  stores,  tailor  shops,  shoe  shops,  etc.,  1,500  sq.  ft. 

floor  space  or  under 6.00 

For  stores,  tailor  shops,  shoe  shops,  each  500  sq.  ft.  ad- 
ditional   2.00 

For  barber  shops,  with  one  chair 5.00 

For  barber  shops,  each  additional  chair,  extra 2.50 

For  blacksmith  shop,  with  one  fire 3.50 

For  blacksmith  shop,  each  additional  fire 1.75 

For  watering  troughs  in  pastures,  50  cents  each  head  of 
horses  and  cattle,  estimated  average  during  the  sea- 
son, but  in  no  case  less  than 5.00 

(No  watering  troughs  allowed  without  automatic 
stop-cocks.) 

For  bath  tubs,  private,  each.. 3.00 

For  water  closets,  private,  each... 2.00 

For  private  garage,  including  washing  of  auto,  for  each 

auto  3.00 

For  ])rivate  stables,  including  washing  of  carriage,  each 

horse  up  to  two 2.00 

For  each  horse  over  two 1.00 

For  dray  and  team  horses,  each 1.00 

For  washing  machine  motors 3.00 

For  private  fire  hydrants,  each 10.00 

For  use  in  laying  brick,  per  thousand 07 

For  use  in  laying  stone,  per  cubic  yard 03 

For  use  in  plastering,  per  square  100  yards 20 

For  use  in  making  cement,  per  cubic  yard 05 

For  use  in  laying  concrete  blocks,  per  cubic  yard 03 


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Per  Annum 


For  use  in  laying  hollow  tile,  per  cubic  yard 03 

For  use  in  laying  cement  sidewalks,  per  square  foot l/5c 

For  churches,  each 5.00 

For  use  in  filling  cisterns,  per  barrel 05 

For  street  sprinklers,  each  team  used,  per  month 15.00 


For  street  and  lawn  sprinklers,  with  nozzle  approved  by 
the  superintendent,  for  use  as  required  between  6 
and  8 a.  m.  and  between  6 and  8 p.  m.,  for  sixty  feet 


front  or  under 3.00 

For  each  additional  foot  front 04 


(For  special  permit  for  use  during  four  additional 
hours  as  specified  in  permit,  double  these  rates,  that 
is,  one  additional  rate.) 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Building  Inspector,  in  addition 
to  his  other  duties,  to  collect  water  rent  for  water  used  by 
builders  in  all  building  operations. 

In  all  cases  the  regular  rates  for  residences,  stores,  or 
other  premises  must  be  paid  additional,  and  in  all  cases  where 
the  rate  has  not  been  paid  on  the  premises  the  water  shall  be 
shut  off  as  soon  as  practicable  after  same  is  due. 

No  person  shall  either  wilfully  or  negligently  violate  this 
provision  or  permit  a street  or  lawn  sprinkler  to  run  outside 
of  the  specified  hours  or  within  them  in  time  of  fire. 

2.  The  charge  for  water  to  consumers  supplied  with 
meters  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  following  table,  pro- 
vided that  in  no  case  shall  any  meter  rate  be  less  than  seventy 
(70c)  cenis  per  month ; 


Cubic  Feet  Used  Per  Quarter.  Per  100  cu.  ft. 

First  10,000  cu.  ft.  at  the  rate  of 14c 

Second  10,000  cu.  ft.  at  the  rate  of 12c 

Third  10,000  cu.  ft.  at  the  rate  of : 10c 

Next  10,000  cu.  ft.  at  the  rate  of 8c 

In  excess  of  40,000  cu.  ft.  at  the  rate  of 6c 


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The  charge  for  water  consumed  by  public  and  parochial 
schools,  hospitals  and  sanitariums  shall  be  a flat  rate  of  six 
(6c)  cents  per  one  hundred  (100)  cubic  feet. 

3.  When  more  than  one  meter  is  required  by  one  con- 
sumer, owing  to  the  arrangement  of  the  connections  with  the 
mains,  the  rate  shall  be  computed  separately  for  each  meter. 

4.  No  occupant  or  owner  of  any  premises  in  which  water 
is  introduced,  unless  paying  meter  rates,  will  be  allowed  to 
supply  other  persons  or  families  not  paying  for  water.  Any 

.person  violating  this  provision  will  be  charged  double  the 
usual  rates  for  each  person  or  family  so  furnished  with  water. 

5.  The  Superintendent  of  the  Waterworks  shall  place 
meters  as  rapidly  as  practicable  on  all  consumers  where,  on 
account  of  uncertainty  as  to  quantity  consumed,  probable 
waste  of  water  or  other  causes,  he  believes  that  the  interests 
of  the  city  require  it. 

6.  Any  consumer  of  water  supplied  from  a connection 
with  a street  main  shall  within  six  months  after  making  writ- 
ten application  be  supplied  with  a meter  at  the  expense  of 
the  city,  the  consumer  to  pay  the  cost  of  setting  and  repairs. 
Such  meter  shall  be  set  in  a suitable  place  so  that  it  will  be 
safe  from  frost,  and  must  be  kept  so  that  it  will  be  accessible 
at  all  times. 

7.  The  Superintendent  shall,  in  cases  where  there  is  no 
special  ca'use  for  making  exceptions,  examine  all  meters 
where  he  supposes  the  consumption  will  exceed  200,000  gal- 
lons per  month,  monthly,  and  all  other  meters  quarterly. 

8.  All  water  takers  shall  be  responsible  for  all  damages 
done  to  a meter  on  their  premises,  and  no  person  shall  break 
the  seal  of  any  meter,  or  tamper  with  the  same,  under  the 
penalty  provided  in  this  Chapter.  Wherever  repairs  are 
made  upon  a meter  or  parts  are  furnished  by  the  city  the  same 
shalLbe  charged  for  and  collected  with  the  water  rent. 

9.  In  case  a meter  is  not  set  at  the  time  the  work  is  being- 
done  there  shall  be  a suitable  space  left  for  placing  the  meter 


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l)y  a coupling  and  union,  the  space  for  a ^-inch  meter,  12^ 
inches;  for  a ^inch  meter,  14j/2  inches,  and  for  a one-inch- 
meter,  16^4  inches. 

10.  The  rate  for  residences,  hotels  or  places  of  business 
shall  in  no  case  be  construed  as  covering  the  use  of  water  for 
bath  tubs,  water  closets,  motors,  or  other  special  purposes,  but 
shall  include  wash  basins  and  all  ordinary  uses  of  such  resi- 
dence or  ])lace  of  business  not  al)ove  enumerated  as  specific 
items. 

11.  No  claim  shall  be  made  against  the  City  of  Rock 
Island  by  reason  of  the  breaking  of  any  main  or  service  pipe, 
cock  or  meter,  or  any  other  temporary  interruption  of  the 
water  supply,  or  by  reason  of  the  breaking  of  the  machinery 
or  stoppage  for  necessary  repairs. 

12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  police  officers  at  time  of 
relief  each  day  to  report  to  the  Superintendent  of  Water- 
works all  waste  of  water  and  all  other  violations  of  this  ordi- 
nance which  have  come  under  their  notice  and  to  give  such 
assistance  in  detecting  such  violations  as  is  possible  without 
interfering  with  their  other  duties. 

13.  I'hat  the  rates  for  water  taken  from  the  water  mains 
and  ])i]3es  which  are  outside  the  city  limits  of  the  City  of 
Rock  Island  shall  be  double  the  rates  charged  for  water  drawn 
from  pi])es  u'ithin  the  city  limits. 

§ 9.  Superintendent  of  Waterv/orks  to  Have  Full  Control 
Over  All  Employes,  etc.  The  Superintendent  of  the  Whater- 
works,  having  been  duly  appointed  and  given  bond,  shall 
have  full  control  over  all  the  employes  and  the  employment 
of  new  men  in  case  of  vacancy.  He  shall  have. full  power  to 
discharge  all  inefficient  or  insubordinate  employes,  and  shall 
be  held  strictly  responsible  for  all  his  acts  and  for  the  efficient 
and  economical  administration  of  the  department.  The  en- 
gineers and  firemen  at  the  waterworks  shall  be  regarded  as 
eni])loyes  (T  the  department,  and  employed  by  the  superin- 
tendent. 


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It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  to  enforce  all 
ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  relating  to  the  waterworks 
and  its  maintenance  and  operation;  and  he  shall  make  all 
necessary  purchases  of  materials  and  supplies  for  use  in  the 
waterworks  department. 

He  shall  inspect  or  have  inspected  all  homes  or  buildings  . 
supplied  with  water  through  the  Rock  Island  waterworks  and 
file  a card  with  the  City  Clerk  showing  the  items  to  be 
charged  and  the  total  charge  to  be  made  for  same. 

He  shall  inspect  or  cause  to  be  inspected  all  taps  made  in 
the  city  water  mains,  and  all  services  from  mains  to  the  inside 
of  foundation  shall  be  under  his  direction  and  supervision. 

§ 10.  Report  to  City  Clerk.  The  Superintendent  of 
Waterworks  shall  file  every  Monday  a report  with  the  City 
Clerk  showing  all  water  turned  on  or  shut  off  the  previous 
week.  Also  a monthly  report  showing  all  materials  and  sup- 
plies received  and  showing  what  they  were  purchased  for. 
The  Superintendent  of  W^aterworks  shall  prepare  or  have 
prepared  a correct  map  or  profile  of  all  water  mains  now  laid 
or  hereafter  laid  in  the  city,  with  their  dimensions,  locations, 
connections,  hydrants  and  c-ut-otfs,  and  keep  the  same  up-to- 
date. 

§ 11.  Turning  Water  on  Before  Final  Test.  That  it 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  within 
the  City  of  Rock  Island  to  turn  water  on  in  any  plumbing  job 
in  any  building  within  the  corporate  limits  without  first  ha\- 
ing  had  made  the  final  test  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

§ 12.  Leaving  Water  Turned  On.  Any  plumber  who 
makes  a connection  with  a water  main  and  leaves  the  water 
turned  on  shall  be  subject  to  the  following  penalty,  to-wit ; 
First,  his  license  as  such  plumber  may.be  suspended  or  re- 
voked ; or  second,  he  may  be  fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  three 
($3)  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  for  each  such 
offense. 

§ 13.  Weight  of  Service  Pipes.  That  no  service  connec- 
tions or  other  attachments  to  any  of  the  city  water  mains  shall 


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be  made  except  by  brass  corporation  cock  not  to  exceed  one- 
inch  in  diameter.  All  service  pipes  from  the  street  main  to 
the  property  line  not  exceeding  the  diameter  of  t^vo  (2)  inches 
shall  be  of  lead  of  the  vv^eight  known  as  extra  strong  and  not 
weighing  less  per  foot  than  the  following: 

^4-inch — 3 pounds  per  foot. 

%-inch — 3 pounds  8 ounces  per  foot. 

1 -inch — 4 pounds  12  ounces  per  foot. 

1^-inch — 6 pounds  per  foot. 

1^-inch — 7 pounds  8 ounces  per  foot. 

1^-inch — 8 pounds  per  foot. 

2 -inch — 10  pounds  8 ounces  per  foot. 

All  larger  service  pipes  shall  be  of  cast  iron  with  a gate  valve 
at  the  curb  with  a suitable  box. 

§ 14.  Rebates  on  Water  Rent.  That  the  City  Clerk  as 
the  collector  of  water  rents  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  such 
rebate  on  water  rent  paid,  or  such  reduction  on  any  bill  for 
the  same  because  of  the  non-use  of  the  city  water,  as  shall  by 
him  be  deemed  just  and  equitable  under  the  facts  shown. 

Such  rebate  or  reduction  shall  not  be  given  or  allowed 
for  a period  of  non-use  of  less  than  thirty  days  or  more  than 
one  year,  and  then  only  upon  the  written  declaration  of  the 
owner  of  the  premises  in  question,  or  his  agent,  of  the  truth 
of  the  facts  alleged,  which  declaration  shall  be  filed  with  the 
City  Clerk. 

_ • 

A printed  copy  ^ of  the  waterworks  ordinance  shall  be 
furnished  by  the  City  Clerk  to  each  water  user  on  application 
for  same. 

§ 15.  Rebate  on  Special  Assessment.  That  whenever 
water  mains  shall  have  been  laid  by  special  assessment  or 
special  taxation  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot  or  tract  of 
land  on  which  such  special  assessment  or  special  taxation 
shall  have  been  levied  shall  be  credited  on  their  water  rents 
with  the  amount  paid  on  such  assessment,  including  interest 
paid,  and  shall  be  allowed  to  use  water  to  the  amount  of  the 


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payment  on  such  assessment  so  levied ; and  an  account  shall 
be  kept  by  the  City  Clerk  of  the  amount  of  such  payments 
and  the  charges  for  the  use  of  Avater  as  aforesaid,  but  such 
credits  shall  not  be  allow^ed  for  water  used  on  any  other 
premises  than  those  upon  which  such  special  assessment  or 
special  taxation  shall  have  been  levied. 

§ 16.  Penalty.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall,  where  the  punishment  is  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided, be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
($100)  dollars,  or  less  than  one  ($1)  dollar  for  each  ofifense; 
and  shall  be^  subject  to  such  other  forfeitures  and  liabilities 
as  are  in  this  Chapter  provided. 


CHAPTER  56 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES 

Section  1.  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures.  That 
the  office  of  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  established.  The  City  Inspector  shall  be  in 
the  department  of  and  under  the  direction  of  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Health  and  Safety,  and  is  hereby  vested 
with  the  general  power  and  authority  of  a policeman.  The 
City  Inspector  shall  be  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  inspect,  regulate  and  stamp  all 
weights  and  measures  as  provided  in  this  ordinance.  The 
City  Inspector  shall  also  perform  all  of  the  duties  of  milk 
and  cream  inspector  and  shall  seek  the  enforcement  of  all 
ordinances  relative  to  food  stufifs  and  their  protection,  as 
such  duties  are  defined  by  ordinances  now  in  effect  as  well  as 
such  other  and  additional  duties  as  may  be  assigned  him  by 
the  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  and  Safety.  He  shall 
have  such  assistants  as  may  be  necessary  in  the  performance 
of  his  duties,  the  same  to  be  designated  by  the  Commissioner 
of  Public  Health  and  Safety. 


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§ 2.  Standards  of  Weights  and  Measures.  The  present 
recognized  standards  of  weights  and  measures  used  by  the 
United  States  Bureau  of  Standards  and  adopted  by  the  State 
of  Illinois,  are  hereby  ado])ted  and  accepted  as  the  standards 
of  weights  and  measures  for  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  Illinois. 

Whenever  any  of  the  following  articles ‘shall  be  contracted 
for  or  sold  or  delivered  and  no  special  contract  or  agreement 
shall  be  made  to  the  contrary,  the  weight  per  bushel  or  barrel, 
or  divisible  merchantable  quantities  of  a barrel,  shall  be  as 
follows  : 


Articles.  Pounds 

Wheat  flour,  per  barrel  ' 196 

Wdieat  flour,  per  one-half  barrel 98 

Wheat  flour,  per  quarter  barrel  sack 49 

Wheat  flour,  per  eighth  barrel  sack , 24}d 

Cornmeal,  per  bushel  sack 48 

Cornmeal,  per  half  bushel  sack 24 

Cornmeal,  per  quarter  bushel  sack 12. 

Alfalfa  seed,  per  bushel 60 

Apples,  green,  per  bushel 50 

Apples,  dried,  per  bushel 24 

Barley,  per  bushel 48 

Beans,  green  or  string,  per  bushel 24 

Beans,  wax,  per  bushel 24 

Beans,  white,  per  bushel 60 

Beans,  castor,  per  bushel 46 

Beets,  per  bushel 60 

Blue  grass  seed,  per  bushel 14 

Bran,  per  bushel 20 

Buckwheat,  per  bushel 52 

^ 'arrots,  per  bushel - 50 

Cha  bushel 20 

^ " seed,  per  bushel 60 

Clove^  ^ 

Coal,  K ® 

p 1 bushel 40 

Coke,  perv  i i i 

room,  per  bushel... 48 

Lorn  seed.-b  ’ i - 

/V  1 -1  olted,  per  bushel 48 

kornmeal,  unb  - 


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Articles  Pounds 

Corn,  in  ear,  per  bushel.. 70 

Corn,  Kaffir,  per  bushel 56 

Corn,  shelled,  per  bushel 56 

Cotton  seed,  per  bushel 32 

Cranberries,  per  bushel 33 

Cucumbers,  per  bushel 48 

Emmer,  per  bushel 40 

Flaxseed,  per  bushel.../ 56 

Gooseberries,  per  bushel 40 

Hair,  plastering,  unwashed,  per  bushel 8 

Hair,  plastering,  washed,  per  bushel.... 4 

Hemp  seed,  per  bushel .'....  44 

Hickory  nuts,  per  bushel 50 

Hungarian  grass  seed,  per  bushel 50 

Indian  corn  or  maize,  per  bushel 56 

Lime,  per  bushel 80 

Malt,  per  bushel ^ '. 38 

Alillet,  per  bushel 50 

Millet,  Japanese  barnyard,  per  bushel. .' 35 

Oats,  per  1)ushel 32 

Onions,  per  bushel 57 

Onion  sets,  top,  per  bushel 30 

Onion  sets,  bottom,  per  bushel 32 

Orchard  grass  seed,  per  bushel 14 

Osage  orange  seed,  per  bushel 33 

Parsnips,  per  bushel 50 

Peaches,  per  bushel 48 

Peaches,  dried,  per  bushel 33 

Peanuts,  green,  per  l)ushel :....  22 

Peanuts,  roasted,  per  bushel 20 

Pears,  per  bushel ! 58 

Peas,  dried,  per  bushel 60 

Peas,  green  in  pod,  per  bushel 32 

Popcorn,  in  the  ear,  per  bushel 70 

Popcorn,  shelled,  per  bushel 56 

Potatoes,  Irish,  per  bushel 60 

Potatoes,  Sweet,  per  bushel 50 


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Articles  Pounds 

Quinces,  per  bushel..... 48 

Rape  seed,  per  bushel 50 

Red  Top  seed,  per  bushel..... 14 

Rough  rice,  per  bushel 45 

Rutabagas,  per  bushel  50 

Rye,  meal,  per  bushel 50 

Rye,  per  bushel  56 

Salt,  coarse,  per  bushel 55 

Salt,  fine,  per  bushel 50 

Shorts,  per  bushel 20 

Sorghum  seed,  per  bushel 50 

Spelt,  per  bushel 40 

Spinach,  per  bushel 12 

Sweet  clover  seed,  unhulled,  per  bushel 33 

Timothy  seed,  per  bushel 45 

Tomatoes,  per  bushel . 56 

Turnips,  per  bushel 55 

Walnuts,  per  bushel , 50 

Wheat,  per  bushel 60 


The  following  named  articles  of  produce  shall  be  sold 
only  by  weight  or  numerical  count:  Asparagus,  beets,  beans 

(green,  wax,  navy  and  lima),  carrots,  cranberries,  cabbage, 
grapes,  hickory  nuts,  herring,  honey  (in  comb),  lettuce, 
mackerel,  onions,  potatoes,  peaches,  pears,  plums,  peas  (dried 
and  fresh),  popcorn,  parsnips,  rutabagas,  sauer  kraut,  sweet 
potatoes,  spinach,  turnips,  tomatoes  and  walnuts. 

§ 3.  Inspections — When  Made.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
said  Inspector  to  inspect  and  examine,  at  least  once  in  each 
year,  all  weights,  measures,  scale  beams,  patent  balances, 
steelyards  and  other  instruments  used  for  weighing  and 
measuring  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  except  track  scales  and 
scales  of  a capacity  of  three  (3)  tons  or  upwards,  which  shall 
be  inspected  at  least  once  in  every  six  months,  and  to  stamp 
with  a suitable  seal  all  weights,  measures  and  scales  so  used 
which  he  may  find  accurate,  and  to  deliver  to  the  owner 
thereof  a certificate  of  their  accuracy. 


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305 


§ 4.  Register  Kept  by  Inspector.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
said  Inspector  to  make  a register  of  all  the  weights,  measures, 
scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards,  and  other  instru- 
ments used  for  weighing  inspected  and  sealed  by  him,  in 
which  he  shall  state  the  names  of  the  owners  of  the  same  and 
whether  they  are  conformable  to  the  standard  of  this  State. 

§ 5.  Inspector  Not  to  Vend  Scale  or  Measure.  It  shall 
not  be  lawful  for  the  Inspector  to  vend  any  weights,  measures, 
scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards  or  other  instruments 
to  be  used  for  weighing,  or  to  offer  or  expose  the  same  for 
sale,  or  to  be  interested  directly  or  indirectly  in  the  sale  of 
the  same  in  the  city,  under  a penalty  of  fifty  ($50)  dollars 
for  every  such  offense. 

§ 6.  Condemned  Weights  and  Measures.  The  said  In- 
spector shall  examine,  inspect  and  seal  all  weights,  measures, 
scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards  and  other  beams  used 
for  weighing  at  stores  and  places  where  the  same  may  be 
used ; but  in  case  they,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not  be  conform- 
able to  the  standard  of  this  State,  they  shall  be  marked  “Con- 
demned” and  the  owner  thereof  shall  within  ten  days  there- 
after have  the  same  properly  adjusted  and  sealed,  and  the 
Inspector  may  at  any  time  after  the  expiration  of  the  time 
aforesaid  seize  and  destroy  any  and  all  such  condemned 
weights,  measures,  scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards 
and  other  instruments  used  for  weighing  found  in  use. 

§ 7.  Charge  lor  Inspection — When  Made.  It  shall  not  be 
lawful  for  the  said  Inspector  to  make  charges  for  inspecting 
and  examining  weights,  measures,  scale  beams, ^ patent  bal- 
ances, steelyards  and  other  instruments  used  for  weighing 
more  than  once  each  year  (except  charges  for  inspecting 
and  examining  track  scales  and  scales  of  a capacity  of  three 
(3)  tons  or  upwards,  which  shall  not  be  made  more  than  once 
in  every  six  months),  unless  such  weights,  measures,  scale 
beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards  and  other  instruments  used 
in  weighing  and  measuring  shall  not  be  found  to  be  conform- 
able to  the  standard  of  this  State. 


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§ 8.  Report  of  Inspection  Fees.  The  Inspector  of 
Weights  and  Measures  shall  ])ay  over  to  the  Commissioner 
of  accounts  and  Finances  each  month  all  fees,  charges,  moneys 
or  valuable  consideration  of  any  kind  whatsoever  collected  or 
received  by  him  by  reason  of  or  on  account  of  performance  by 
him  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  each  such  payment  shall  be 
accompanied  by  a report  in  writing,  and  verified  by  affidavit 
of  said  Inspector,  and  which  report  shall  show  in  detail  all 
fees,  charges,  moneys  or  valuable  consideration  of  any  kind 
paid  to  or  collected  or  received  by  said  Inspector  during  the 
month,  and  such  report  shall  be  made  monthly  and  shall 
accompany  such  monthly  payment  as  hereinbefore  provided 
for. 

§9.  Inspection  Fees — Amount.  The  Inspector  of 
W eights  and  Measures  shall  demand  and  receive  for  the  use 
of  the  City,  before  the  delivery  of  the  certificate  provided  for 


in  and  by  section  2 of  this  ordinance,  the  following  fees: 

F(W  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  a capacity  of  6,000 

pounds  and  upward,  each $1.50 

h"or  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  a capacity  of  2,500 

pounds  up  to  6,000  pounds,  each 1.00 

h'or  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  a capacity  of  240 

pounds  up  to  2,500  pounds,  each 35 

l^'or  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  a capacity  of  2 

pounds  to  240  pounds,  each 20 

1^4 >r  inspecting  and  sealing  ho|)])er  scales,  each 1.25 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  two  bushel,  one  bushel  and 

one-half  bushel,  each •. 15 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  any  other  dry  measures,  each..  .10 


h'or  inspecting  and  sealing  any  automatic  weighing  ma- 
chine or  any  instrument  or  device  of  a capacity  of 
less  than  three  tons  used  for  weighing  or  measuring 


any  person  or  animal  for  hire  or  reward,  each 50 

h4>r  inspecting  and  sealing  all  pumps  used  for  pumping 
and  measuring  oil  (same  to  be  insj)ected  at  least  four 
times  each  year),  each 25 


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307 


For  inspecting  and  sealing  liquid  measures  of  a capacity 

of  one  gallon  and  upward 10 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  any  other  liquid  measure,  each  .10 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  milk  bottles,  each 02 

P'or  inspecting  and  sealing  yard  measures,  each 05 


In  every  case  where  said  Inspector  may  at  the  request  of 
the  owner  or  person  in  possession,  charge  or  control  of  any 
scale,  weight  or  measure  employ  labor  or  material  in  making 
such  scale,  weight  or  measure  accurate,  he  shall  charge  or 
receive  from  such  owner  or  person  for  use  of  the  city  a just 
and  reasonable  compensation  for  such  labor  or  material. 

§ 10.  Correct  Standards  to  be  Furnished.  The  Commis- 
sioner of  Accounts  and  Finances,  at  the  expense  of  the  city, 
shall  procure  correct  and  approved  standards  of  weights  and 
measures  of  the  standard  adopted  by  the  State  of  Illinois  and 
the  United  States,  with  the  necessary  sub-divisions,  together 
with  the  proper  beams  and  scales  for  the  purpose  of  testing 
the  weights  and  measures  of  said  standard  used  in  the  city. 

§ 11.  User  Must  Ask  Inspection.  Fvery  person  using- 
weights.  measures,  scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards 
or  any  instrument  for  weighing  or  measuring  any  article  in- 
tended to  be  purchased  or  sold  in  the  city,  or  in  weighing  or 
measuring  any  person  or  animal  for  hire  or  reward,  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  inspected  and  sealed  by  the  Inspector  (T' 
Weights  and  Measures  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance. 

§ 12.  Peddlers’  Scales  Inspected  Annually.  All  itiner- 
ant peddlers  and  hawkers  using  scales,  balances,  weights  or 
measures  shall  take  the  same  to  the  office  of  the  Inspector  of 
W'eights  and  Measures  before  any  use  is  made  thereof  and 
have  the  same  sealed  and  adjusted  annually;  and  any  such 
person  failing  to  comply  with  the  ])rovisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  fined  as  ])rovided  in  section  19  hereof  ; and  every  day 
such  person  shall  use  such  scales,  balances,  weights  or  meas- 
ures without  having  the  same  adjusted  and  sealed  as  herein- 
before provided  shall  constitute  a separate  and  distinct 
offense. 


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§ 13.  Deceit  or  Fraud  in  Sale.  No  person  or  corporation 
shall  practice  deceit  or  fraud  of  any  kind  whatsoever  in  the 
sale  of  wood,  coal,  grain,  berries,  fruit,  vegetables,  liquids  or 
fluids  of  any  kind,  or  any  other  commodity  or  article  of  mer- 
chandise of  any  kind  whatsoever,  whether  sold  by  dry  meas- 
urement or  liquid  measurement,  by  selling  or  offering  for 
sale  any  such  wood,  coal,  grain,  berries,  fruit,  vegetable, 
liquids  or  fluids  of  any  kind  or  any  other  commodity  or  article 
of  merchandise  of  any  kind  whatsoever  in  quantities  of  less 
weight  or  measure  than  the  weight  or  measure  represented 
by  the  vendor  or  his  agent  or  employe  upon  such  sale  or  offer 
for  sale,  or  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  article  by  dry 
measurement  in  other  than  a legal  dry  measure,  or  any  article 
of  liquid  measurement  in  other  than  the  legal  liquid  measure, 
or  in  other  than  a measure  which  has  been  inspected  and 
sealed  by  the  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures  in  accord- 
ance with  and  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter. 

§ 14.  Size  of  Milk  Bottles.  No  person  or  corporation 
shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  within  the  city  any  milk  or  cream 
in  bottles  or  in  glass  jars  unless  such  bottles  or  glass  jars  be 
of  a capacity  of  either  one-half  pint,  one  pint,  or  one  quart; 
and  no  milk  or  cream  shall  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale  within 
the  city  in  any  bottle  or  glass  jar  of  size  or  capacity  other 
than  or  different  from  the  sizes  and  capacities  herein  pre- 
scril)ed.  Each  such  bottle  or  glass  jar  in  which  milk  or  cream 
is  sold  or  offered  for  sale  shall  have  blown  into  it  in  legible 
and  conspicuous  manner  the  capacity  thereof,  and  the  In- 
spector of  Weights  and  Measures  shall  have  the  right  at  any 
time  to  examine  any  bottle  or  glass  jar  in  which  milk  or 
cream  is  sold  or  offered  for  sale  in  order  to  ascertain  whether 
such  bottle  or  jar  is  of  the  capacity  it  purports  to  be.  If  any 
such  bottle  or  /ar  is  of  less  capacity  than  that  which  it  pur- 
ports to  be,  the  person  or  corporation  selling  or  offering  for 
sale  milk  or  cream  in  any  such  bottle  or  jar  or  having  in  his  or 
its  possession  any  such  bottle  or  jar  to  be  used  or  which  has 
been  used  for  the  purposes  of  containing  milk  or  cream  to  be 
sold  or  offered  for  sale  shall  be  fined  as  provided  in  section 


Weights  and  Measures 


309 


19  hereof ; and  each  and  every  bottle  or  jar  found  in  the  pos- 
session of  any  person  or  corporation  used  or  to  be  used  or 
which  has  been  used  by  such  person  or  corporation  for  the 
purpose  of  containing  milk  or  cream  to  be  sold  or  offered  for 
sale  in  the  city  which  shall  be  found  to  be  of  a less  capacity 
than  blown  into  same  or  to  be  of  a different  size  than  that 
authorized  in  and  by  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 
constitute  a separate  and  distinct  offense  on  the  part  of  such 
person  or  corporation. 

§ 15.  Officer  May  Compel  Weighing.  It  shall  be  lawful 
for  any  policeman  or  the  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures 
to  demand  of  any  person  having  coal,  wood,  hay,  grain  or 
other  commodity  in  wagon  load  lots  which  has  been  weighed 
and  is  about  to  be  sold  and  delivered  that  he  accompany  said 
officer  or  officers  to  the  city  scales  or  other  accurate  scales 
wliere  the  wagon  load  can  be  weighed. 

'Idle  officer  demanding  the  weighing  of  such  commodities 
lias  authority  to  inspect  the  ticket  showing  weights  made  by 
the  vendor  so  as  to  compare  same  with  the  weights  made  at 
the  scales  used  by  the  officer. 

§ 16.  Use  of  Scale  Not  Inspected  and  Sealed.  No  per- 
son shall  in  weighing  or  measuring  any  article  for  the  pur- 
])ose  of  sale ’within  the  city  use  any  weight,  measure,  scale 
beam,  patent  balance,  steelyard  or  other  instrument,  or  shall 
maintain  or  operate  any  weight,  measure,  scale  beam,  patent 
balance,  steelyard,  or  other  instrument,  whether  automatic  or 
otherwise,  used  for  the  purpose  of  weighing  or  measuring 
any  person  or  animal  for  hire  or  reward  which  has  not  been 
sealed  or  for  which  the  aforesaid  certificate  has  not  been 
olitained  from  the  Inspector  as  required  by  this  Chapter. 

§ 17.  Use  of  Scale  or  Measure  Not  Standard.  No  per- 
son, firm  or  corporation  shall  use,  maintain  or  operate  in  the 
city,  in  weighing  or  measuring  as  aforesaid,  any  weight, 
measure,  scale  beam,  patent  balances,  steelyards,  or  other 
instrument  which  shall  not  be  conformable  to  the  standard  of 
this  State,  or  shall  use  in  weighing  as  aforesaid  any  scale 


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beam,  patent  l)alance,  steelyard  or  other  instrument  which 
shall  be  out  of  order  or  incorrect,  or  which  shall  not  balance. 

§ 18.  Obstructing  Inspection.  No  person  shall  refuse  to 
exhibit  any  weight,  measure,  scale  beam,  patent  balance, 
steelyard  or  other  instrument  to  said  Inspector  for  the  pur- 
pose of  its  being  so  inspected  or  examined.  And  no  person 
shall  in  any  way  or  manner  obstruct,  hinder  or  molest  the 
Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures  in  the  performance  of 
the  duties  as  hereby  imposed  upon  him. 

§ 19.  Violations — Penalty.  Any  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Chapter,  or  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  rules,  regulations 
or  requirements  set  forth  herein,  shall  for  every  such  offense 
])e  hned  in  a sum  of  not  less  than  three  ($3)  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars,  unless  a diff'erent  punish- 
ment is  provided  herein.  All  fines  and  penalties  imposed  by 
these  rules  shall  be  recoverable  by  summary  proceedings 
before  any  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  all 
actions  at  law  instituted  for  the  recovery  thereof  shall  be  in 
the  name  and  for  the  use  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  and  upon 
recovery  thereof  all  such  fines  and  penalties  shall  be  paid  to 
the  City  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island. 


Section  1.  d'he  fiscal  year  of  said  city  shall  commence  on 
the  1st  day  of  April  of  each  calendar  year. 

§ 2.  The  municipal  year  of  said  city  shall  commence  on 
the  first  Monday  in  May  of  each  calendar  year. 


CHAPTER 


,YEAR 


Revised  Ordinances  of  1918 


311 


CHAPTER  58 

Ri:\'ISED  ()RD1NANCP:S  of  1918 


An  Ordinance  adopting  the  foregoing  Ordinances  as  the  "Re- 
vised Laws  and  Ordinances  of  1918”  and  repealing  all 
other  Ordinances  in  conflict  therewith. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island, 
Illinois  ; 

Section  1.  That  the  foregoing  ordinances,  numbered  from 
Chapter  One  to  Chapter  Fifty-seven,  are  hereby  adopted  as 
and  shall  constitute  and  be  denominated  the  "Laws  and  Ordi- 
nances governing  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  in  the  State  of 
Illinois,”  said  ordinances  being  as  follows: 

Chapter  > 


1. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Amusements. 

2. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Animals. 

3. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Auctioneers. 

4. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Bill  Posting. 

5. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Brewers. 

6. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Building  and  Construction. 

7. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Burial  of  the  Dead. 

8. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Butchers. 

9. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

City  Attorney. 

10. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

City  Council. 

11. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

City  Engineer. 

12. 

An 

ordinance 

relating  to 

City  Jail. 

13. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

City  Tools  and  Implements 

14. 

An 

ordinance 

relating  to 

Clairvoyants. 

15. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Corporate  Seal. 

16. 

An 

ordinance 

relating  to 

Dogs. 

17. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Electrical  Regulations. 

18. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Expressmen. 

19. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Ferries. 

20. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

tn 

I'ines  and  Penalties. 

21. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Eire. 

22. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Carnes. 

23. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

( lasol  ine. 

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Revised  Ordinances  of  1918 


24. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Health. 

25. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Health  Regulations. 

26. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Ice  Cream. 

27. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Insurance  Tax. 

28. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Levee — Landing  of  Boats. 

29. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Library. 

30. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Licenses. 

31. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Maps  and  Plats. 

32. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Milk  Inspection. 

33. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Misdemeanors. 

34. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Nuisances. 

35. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Officers. 

36. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Ordinances. 

37. 

An 

ordinance 

sioners. 

relating 

to 

Parks  and  Park  Commis- 

38. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Pawn  Shops  and  Junk  Yards. 

39. 

An 

ordinance 

Traders. 

relating 

to 

Peddlers  and  Transient 

40. 

All 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Plumbing. 

41. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Police. 

42. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Popcorn  and  Peanut  Stands. 

43. 

An 

ordinance 

missioners 

relating  to  Powers  and  Duties  of  Com- 
as Superintendents. 

44. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Railroads. 

45. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Runners. 

46. 

An 

ordinance  relating 

to 

Salaries. 

47. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Scavengers. 

48. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Sewerage. 

49. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Sidewalks. 

50. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Soft  Drink  Vendors. 

51. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Streets. 

52. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Street  Traffic. 

53. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Taxicabs  and  Motor  Busses. 

54. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Wagons. 

55. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Waterworks. 

56. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Weights  and  Measures. 

57. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Year. 

58. 

An 

ordinance 

relating 

to 

Revised  Ordinances  of  1918. 

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§ 2.  That  all  public  or  general  ordinances  or  parts  thereof 
not  included  in  this  revision  and  the  foregoing  ordinances, 
except  ordinances  granting  franchises  or  rights  to  individuals 
and  corporations,  and  extensions  and  limitations  of  such 
rights,  and  ordinances  establishing  the  grades  of  streets, 
alleys  and  avenues,  and  ordinances  making  appropriations 
for  public  expenditures,  and  ordinances  establishing,  alter- 
ing, widening,  contracting  or  vacating  streets,  alleys,  or  ave- 
nues, or  establishing  the  width  thereof,  and  all  ordinances 
for  public  improvements,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  re- 
pealed so  far  as  they  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  the  ordi- 
nances in  this  Chapter  mentioned;  but  no  fine,  forfeiture, 
penalty,  right,  action,  suit,  debt,  claims  or  liability  whatso- 
ever created,  instituted,  incurred,  accrued  or  in  any  manner 
arising  out  of  any  ordinances  hereby  repealed  shall  be  re- 
leased, discharged,  annulled,  repealed,  or  in  any  way  affected, 
but  may  be  prosecuted,  recovered,  enjoined  or  defended,  or 
any  suit  or  other  proceeding  be  commenced  or  completed 
thereon  as  fully  and  in  the  same  manner  in  all  respects  as  if 
such  ordinances  or  part  thereof  had  remained  in  full  force. 
Nor  shall  any  existing  term  of  office  or  the  emoluments 
thereof  be  in  anywise  affected  by  this  repeal. 

§ 3.  Private  ordinances,  orders,  resolutions  and  by-laws 
passed  by  the  Council  are  not  repealed  unless  repugnant  to 
the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  ordinances,  and  ordinances 
granting  privileges  or  which  expire  after  a term  of  years 
shall  not  be  enlarged  or  abridged  by  their  want  of  incorpora- 
tion herein,  but  shall  cease  to  be  in  force  at  the  time  and  under 
the  conditions  as  provided  in  the  original  ordinance. 

WILLIAM  M’CONOCHIE, 

Mayor. 

Passed,  November  12th,  1918. 

Attest:  MARTIN  T.  RUDGREN,  City  Clerk. 

[Corporate  Seal  of  City  of  Rock  Island.] 

Published  December  9th,  A.  D.  1918. 


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City  Clerk’s  Certificate 


CITY  CLERK’S  CERTIFICATE 


State  of  Illinois 
City  of  Rock  Island 
County  of  Rock  Island 


ss: 


CITY  CLERK’S  OFFICE. 


I,  M.  T.  Riidgren,  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island, 
do  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  “Revised  Ordinances” 
of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  published  by  authority 
of  the  Council  and  revised  and  arranged  by  John  K.  Scott, 
and  printed  by  Drifhll  Printing  Company,  were  duly  t)assed 
by  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  approved  by  the 
Mayor  and  published  according  to  law  as  of  the  dates  therein 
mentioned,  both  as  to  the  original  ordinances  and  to  those 
parts  amendatory,  the  same  as  noted  therein.  Tha't  the  afore- 
said ordinances,  both  original  and  amendatory,  are  true  and 
perfect  copies  of  the  original  ordinances,  as  passed  and  ap- 
pro\'ed,  and  now  of  record  and  on  hie  in  my  office  as  pro- 
vided by  law. 


In  Witness  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  the  cor]:>orate  seal  of  said  City  of  Rock 'Island,  this 
19th  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1918. 

M.  T.  RUDGRFN, 

City  Clerk  City  of  Rock  Island. 


ISeal.l 


INDEX 


Actions — 

See  fines  and  penalties '108 

Adulteration — 

Dilution  of  milk 156 

A 11  ey — 

Filth  not  allowed  in 132 

A musements — 

Ordinance  concerning L 33 

License  required — F"ee  34 

Hours  of  closing 173 

Animals — 

Not  to  run  at  large 36 

Presumption  of  owner’s  guilt 36 

License  required  to  slaughter 70 

Bringing  in  with  contagious  disease 138 

Sick  or  diseased  cow 158 

Cruelty  to  animals '. 168 

Leaving  horses  untied 169 

Howling  and  barking  dogs 172 

Not  to  leave  animals  unburied 169 

Slaughter  of  animals 182 

Keeping  cattle  and  fowls  in  city 183 

A ppointments — 

Of  assistants  and  em])loyes 244 

Assault  and  Battery — 

Ordinance  concerning  170 

Assignment — 

Of  licenses 145 

Assistance  to  Officers — 

May  be  required. 113 

Assistant  City  Engineer — 

Ordinance  establishing  73 

Salary  of  250 

A ttorney — 

Duties  of  City  Attorney 71 


316 


Index 


Automobile — 

Passing  standing  street  car  with  auto 280 

Auctioneer — 

License — Bond  37 

Fraudulent  sales  prohibited. 37 

Awnings — 

Ordinance  concerning  264 

Bathing — 

Bathing  in  public  place 165 

Barn  Boss — 

Ordinance  concerning  188 

Salary  of  253 

Births  and  Deaths — 

Record  of  to  be  kept 128 

Birth  record  to  be  kept 136 

Bill  Posting — 

Ordinance  concerning  38 

Bill  Boards — 

Ordinance  concerning 58 

Billiards — 

License  for  required 117 

Blowing  Up  Building — 

At  time  of  fire ' 112 

Board  of  Local  Improvements — 

Ordinance  establishing  187 

Board  of  Examiners — 

For  plumbers  203 

Bonds — 

To  be  given  by  a circus 36 

Of  auctioneers  ^ 37 

To  be  examined  by  City  Attorney 71 

Of  city  officers 186 

Of  inspector  on  improvement  work 187 

Improvement  bonds  191 

Of  park  commissioners 193 

Of  sidewalk  contractor 261 

Of  house  mover 275 


Index 


317 


Bottles — 

Size  of  milk  bottles 308 

Use  of  old  bottles  prohibited 158 

Books — 

Infected  books  in  library ...144 

Boats — 

Loading  of  regulated 141 

Brewers — 

Ordinance  licensing  39 

Breach  of  the  Peace — 

Ordinance  concerning  .*....172 

Building  and  Construction — 

Requirements — Penalty  39 

Foundations  40 

Walls — Material  and  workmanship 40 

Skylights — Chimneys  46 

Floors  48 

Boiler  rooms  ; 48 

Joists — Partitions  50 

Stand-pipe  50 

Fire  escapes  ! 51 

Elevators  and  stairs 52 

Space  under  sidewalks 52 

Use  of  streets  while  constructing  building 52 

Fire-proof  buildings  53 

Theatres  54 

Repairs  and  additions 55 

Wooden  buildings  prohibited 56 

Wooden  buildings — Removal — Repairing  57 

Bill  boards  58 

Superintendent  of  buildings : 58 

Application  for  construction 59 

Fees  for  construction 59 

Permits — When  revoked 60-62 

Doors  to  open  outwards 60 

Records  and  inspections .’ 61 

Wrecking  buildings  63 

Definition  of  terms 64 

Strength  of  brick  or  tile 64 

Ventilation  65 

Hardware  for  doors 66 

Unsafe  and  unsanitary  building 130-229 

Dangerous  and  unsafe  building 181 


318 


Index 


Buttermilk — 

Ordinance  concerning r 157 

Butchers — 

Ordinance  licensing  68 

Storage  of  meats 68 

Burial  of  the  Dead — 

Wliere  burial  is  allowed 66 

Registry — Record — Permit  67 

Cesspools — 

Ordinance  concerning  226 

Chief  of  Police — 

Powers  and  duties..... 232 

To  keep  an  office 234 

Bond  of  Chief 186 

Salary  of  Chief 251 

Chimneys — 

Construction  of.. 46 

When  in  dangerous  condition 46 

City  Officers — 

At  time  of  revision 3 

Since  incorporation  of  city 9-30 

Ordinance  concerning  185 

City  Departments — 

How  constituted 240 

City  Attorney — 

Duties  of  City  Attorney 71 

Salary  of  City  Attorney 250 

Bond  of  City  Attorney 186 

City  Engineer — 

Duties  of  City  Engineer 73 

Salary  of  City  IHigineer 250 

Bond  of  City  Engineer... - 186 

City  Physician — 

Power  and  duties  of 120 

When  to  render  services  free 122 

To  vaccinate  all  a])plicants 123 

May  establish  quarantine ..124 

To  keep  record  of  births  and  deaths 128 


Index 


319 


City  Physician — (Continued) 

ro  keep  office  hours 128 

Bond  of  City  Physician 186 

Salary  of  City  Physician 252 

City  Clerk — 

Duties  of  City  Clerk 240 

Bond  of  City  Clerk 240 

Deputy  City  Clerk — Salary. 250 

Clerk’s  certificate  to  revised  ordinances 311 

City  Electrician — 

Duties  of  City  Electrician 81 

Bond  of  City  Electrician 186 

Salary  of  City  Electrician ....253 

City  Stenographer — 

Ordinance  establishing  office ....188 

Salary  of  City  Stenographer... 250 

City  Inspector — 

Right  to  enter  premises 153 

Bond  of  City  Inspector 186 

Salary  of  City  Inspector 252 

Ordinance  establishing  office 301 

Inspection,  when  made 304 

Duties  of  Inspector 305 

Report  of  inspection .' 305 

Obstructing  inspection  310 

City  Tools  and  Implements — 

Ordinance  regarding  76 

Circus — 

License  and  bond  required. , 33-36 

Clairvoyants — 

Ordinance  regulating  77 

Corporate  Seal — 

Ordinance  concerning  78 

Coasting  on  Streets — 

Ordinance  concerning  170 

Combustible  Material — 

Ordinance  regulating  same 116 


320 


Index 


Concealed  Weapons — 

Ordinance  concerning  173 

Permit  to  carry 174 

Commissioners — 

Duties  of  City  Commissioners 239 

Salaries  of  City  Commissioners 250 

Council — 

Place  and  time  of  meeting 72 

Powers  and  duty  of  City  Council 239 

Curfew  Law — 

Ordinance  concerning  171 

Department  of  Public  Affairs — 

Ordinance  concerning  ! 240 

Department  of  Accounts  and  Finances — 

Ordinance  concerning  240 

Department  of  Public  Health  and  Safety — 

Ordinance  concerning  241 

Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements — 

Ordinance  concerning  242 

Department  of  Public  Property — 

Ordinance  concerning  243 

Denkmann  Square — 

Ordinance  concerning  194 

Dimmer — 

Required  on  headlight 282 

Disorderly  House — 

May  be  entered  forcibly 167 

Disorderly  Conduct — ' 

Ordinance  concerning  172 

Disturbing  the  Peace — 

Ordinance  concerning  170 

Disturbing  School  or  Assembly — 

Ordinance  concerning  172 

Distillery — 

Ordinance  concerning  181 


Index 


321 


Doors — 

Shall  be  constructed  to  open  outwards 54 

Dogs — 

Ordinance  licensing  78 

Tax  checks  required 79 

Dangerous  dogs  not  to  run  at  large 79 

Definition  of  word  “dog” 80 

Douglas  Park — 

Ordinance  concerning  194 

Drains — 

Construction  of  - 209 

Driving — 

Driving  over  fire  hose  forbidden 114 

Fast  driving  prohibited 282 

Drunkenness — 

Ordinance  concerning  164 

w 

Drunkards — 

Blacklisting  habitual  drunkard  237 

Electrical  Rules  and  Regulations — 

Lighting  and  wiring 81-89 

Rules  and  regulations  for  interior  work 90-91 

Rules  and  regulations  for  overhead  and  under- 
ground work  92-97 

Moving  picture  machine  regulations 91-101 

Expressmen — 

Ordinance  concerning  102 

Charges  allowed  102-103 

Expectorating — 

On  sidewalk  138 

Excavation — 

When  made  in  streets  and  alleys 273 

Restoring  street  after  excavation 277 

Not  to  be  made  in  paved  street 277 

Falsely  Representing  Police — 

Ordinance  concerning  236 

False  Alarm — 

Ordinance  concerning  173 


322 


Index 


Fare — 

Of  expressmen  102 

Of  taxicabs  and  motor  busses 286 

Driver  may  demand  fare  in  advance 287 

For  traveling  on  ferry 106 

Fees — 

Of  Sidewalk  Inspector 262 

Of  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures 306 

Of  Building  Inspector.... 59 

Of  Plumbing  Inspector 208 

Of  City  Electrician.. 86 

Ferries— 

Ordinance  concerning  104 

Fare  allowed  to  be  charged 106 

Fire  Limits — 

Wooden  buildings  prohibited  within 56 

Fire  limits  defined 114 

Fire  Department — 

Ordinance  concerning  109 

Powers  and  duties  of  Fire  Chief 110 

Assistant  Chief  and  firemen Ill 

Blowing  up  buildings 112 

Buildings  of  fire  department 113 

Fire  Chief  to  regulate  storage  of  fireworks 116 

False  alarm  of  fire 173 

Salary  of  members 251 

Department  has  right  of  way  on  streets 283 

Fire-Proof  Buildings — 

Ordinance  concerning  53 

Fire  Escapes — 

Ordinance  concerning  51 

Fireworks — 

Sale  and  storage  of  same 115 

Not  to  discharge  within  city  limits 168 

Firearms — 

Use  of  same  regulated 168 

Fines  and  Penalties — 

Ordinance  concerning  108 


Index 


323 


Films — ^ 

Protection  of  moving  picture  films 98 

Fiscal  Year — 

Ordinance  concerning  310 

Floors — 

Construction  of  48 

Foundations — 

Construction  of  t 40 

Forestalling — 

Ordinance  concerning  178 

Fortune  Teller — 

Fortune  tellers,  clairvoyants  and  palmists 77 

Free  Transportation — 

For  city  officials .189 

Fraudulent  Sales — 

Ordinance  concerning 37 

Deceit  or  fraud  in  sales 308 

Funeral — 

Unlawful  to  drive  through 282 

Furnace — 

Hot  air  furnaces  regulated 47 

Games — 

Billiard  tables- — License  required 117 

Pool  hall — Petition  for  license,' etc 117 

Gambling — 

Gaming  house  defined 166 

Gaming  instruments  to  be  destroyed 166 

Garbage — 

Receptacle  required  for * 136 

Garnsey  Square — 

Ordinance  concerning  193 

Gasoline — 

Storage  of  same  regulated 119 

Gates  and  Guards — 

Required  to  be  constructed  by  railroads 246 


324 


Index 


Grades — 

To  be  given  by  City  Engineer 73 

For  sidewalk  construction 263 

Gunpowder — 

Sale  and  storage  of  same  regulated 115 

Gutters — 

Where  same  are  to  be  located 262 

Health— 

Duties  and  power  of  City  Physician 120 

Persons  when  to  be  vaccinated 123 

Quarantine,  when  to  be  established 124 

Salaries  of  members  of  department 252 

Health  Regulations— 

Fumigation  129 

Unsanitary  and  unsafe  building 130 

Filth  deposited  in  alley 132 

Outside  privy  133 

Stables  and  manure 134 

Physician  to  report  diseases 135 

Vaccination  135 

Garbage  disposal  136 

Stable  manure  receptacle 136 

Foodstuffs  to  be  elevated  over  walk 136 

Expectorating  on  sidewalk 138 

Historical  Note — 

On  organization  of  city 5 

Hitching  Posts — 

Ordinance  concerning  264 

Houses — 

Consent  to  move  required 57 

Unsanitary  and  unsafe  houses 130 

Numbering  of  houses 272 

Owner  to  number  when  requested 273 

Moving  houses  on  streets 274 

House  Mover — 

License  and  bond  required 275 

Regulation  for  moving  houses 274 

Humane  Officer — 

Ordinance  concerning  187 


Index 


325 


Hydrants — 

Use  of  public  and  private  hydrants 290 

Ice  Cream — 

Ordinance  concerning  139 

111  Fame — 

Houses  of  ill  fame 166 

May  be  entered  forcibly 167 

Indecent  Acts — 

Indecent  exposure  of  person 165 

Indecent  exposure  of  stud  horse  or  bull 165 

Insurance  Tax — 

Ordinance  concerning  140 

Inspection — 

Resisting  City  Inspector 152 

Inspection  of  plumbing 228 

Inspection  of  Aveights  and  measures 301 

Inspector — 

Duty  and  powers  of  City  Inspector 301 

Jail— 

Ordinance  concerning  city  jail 75 

Junk  Yard — 

Ordinance  regulating  establishment  of 199 

Laborers — 

Wages  of  laborers  for  city 254 

Levee — 

Ordinance  concerning  city  levee 141 

Lincoln  Park — 

Ordinance  concerning  195 

Library — 

Ordinance  concerning  143 

Salary  of  members  of  board 254 

Licenses — 

Ordinance  regulating  the  issuance  of 145 

For  amusements 33 

Public  garden  or  park 35 


326 


Index 


Licenses — ( Continued ) 

What  licenses  are  to  specify - 35 

Auctioneers  37 

Bill-posting  38 

Brewers  39 

Butchers  68 

Clairvoyants  and  fortune  tellers 77 

Expressmen  ^ 102 

Billiard  and  pool  halls 117 

Milk  vendors  148 

Pawn  brokers  197 

Peddlers  200 

Plumbers  :....206 

Popcorn  and  peanut  stands 238 

Soft  drink  vendors 269 

House  mover  275 

Taxicabs  and  motor  busses 284 

Lights — 

On  autos  and  other  vehicles 282 

Dimmer  required  on  headlight 282 

Maps — 

Ordinance  concerning  maps  and  plats 147 

Mayor — 

Duties  and  powers  of 240 

Salary  of  the  Mayor : 250 

Meters— 

Meter  bills  294 

Meter  rates  established 296 

When  meters  are  to  be  installed 297 

Injury  to  meter 298 

Milk— 

Ordinance  regulating  inspection  of 148 

Milk  vendor’s  license  required 148 

Vehicles,  premises,  cleanliness 150 

Resisting  inspection  152 

Right  of  entry  of  Inspector , 153 

Milk  and  cream  tests 154 

Skimmed  milk  155 

Impure  milk 155 

Adulteration  or  dilution ^ * 156 

Condensed  milk  156 

Confiscation  of  impure  milk 157 


Index 


327 


Milk — ( Continued ) 

Buttermilk  157 

Certified  milk 159 

Standard  for  pasteurized  milk 159 

Grades  of  milk — Scoring 160 

Size  of  milk  bottles 308 

Misdemeanors — 

Ordinance  concerning  164 

Animals  running  at  large 36 

Throwing  filth  in  street 68 

Dangerous  dogs  not  to  run  at  large 79 

Misdemeanors  defined  164 

Offenses  against  good  morals  and  decency 164 

Indecent  exposure 165 

Bathing  in  public 165 

Indecent  exposure  of  stud  horse  or  bull — 165 

Gambling  166 

Disorderly  houses  167 

Cruelty  to  animals 168 

Use  of  firearms  and  explosives.. 168 

Leaving  horses  untied 169 

Obstructing  streets  and  sidewalks 169 

Flying  kites  169 

Coasting  on  streets.... 170 

Assault  and  battery 170 

Disturbing  the  peace 170 

Curfew  law  171 

Disorderly  conduct  172 

Disturbing  school  or  assembly 172 

False  alarm  of  fire 173 

Processions  to  have  permission 173 

Places  of  amusements — Hours  of  closing 173 

Concealed  weapons  173 

Resistance  to  officers 174-235 

Injury  to  streets  or  sewers 174 

Eave  trough  required • 175 

Injury  to  fences,  trees,  etc 175 

Depositing  rubbish  in  streets 175 

Littering  streets  176 

Combustible  matter  on  streets 177 

Riding  bicycle  on  sidewalk 177 

Damaging  public  squares  or  parks 178 

Scattering  debris  in  public  park 178 

Forestalling  178 

Street  car  advertising  on  the  outside 179 


328 


Index 


Misdemeanors — ( Continued ) 

Mail  boxes — Unlawful  use  of 179 

Obnoxious  weeds  179 

Trimming  of  trees  required 180 

Vagabonds  180 

Falsely  representing  the  police 236 

Railroads  not  to  obstruct  streets 245 

Privy  vaults  to  be  cleaned  on  notice 256 

Passing  street  car  with  auto ....280 

Driving  through  a funeral 282 

Intoxicated  person  not  to  drive 282 

Plumber  to  turn  on  water  before  final  test 299 

Deceit  or  fraud  in  sales 308 

Use  of  scale  or  measure  not  standard 309 

Moving  Picture  Theatre — 

Petition  for  required :..  35 

Construction  of  theatre 54 

Construction  of  machine  enclosure 97 

Operator  of  machine 101 

Moving  Buildings — 

Moving  wooden  buildings  requires  consent 57 

Regulations  for  moving 274 

Municipal  Year — 

Ordinance  concerning  310 

Names — 

Of  city  officers : 9-30 

Of  streets 271 

Numbers — 

Of  streets  272 

Of  houses  272 

Nuisances — 

Ordinance  concerning  181 

Dangerous  and  unsafe  building.. 181 

Distillery  and  rendering  works 181 

Running  offensive  matter  into  river 181 

Oath — 

Oath  of  city  officers 186 

Obstructing — 

X Obstructing  streets  and  sidewalks 169-264 


Index 


329 


Offenses — 

Against  good  morals  and  decency 164 

Affecting  public  property 168 

Affecting  public  peace  and  quiet 170 

Affecting  streets,  property  and  merchandise 174 

Officers — 

List  of,  from  incorporation  of  city 9 

Superintendent  of  Buildings 58 

City  Attorney  71 

City  Engineer  73 

City  Electrician  81 

City  Physician  120 

Library  Board  143 

City  Inspector  153 

City  officers — Ordinance  concerning 185 

Humane  Officer  187 

Visiting  Nurse  : 187 

Barn  Boss  188 

City  Stenographer  188 

Park  Board  ' 192 

City  Clerk  240 

Superintendent  of  Streets 242 

Plumbing  Inspector  ' 207 

Scavenger  255 

Superintendent  of  Water  Works 298 

Office  Hours — 

Of  Mayor  and  Commissioners 72 

Operators  at  Incinerator — 

Ordinance  concerning  252 

Ordinances — 

Publication  of  ordinances 4 

An  ordinance  revising  the  general  ordinances 33 

Construction  of  ordinances 189 

Repeal  of  ordinances 191 

Revised  laws  and  ordinances  of  1918 312 

Parking  and  Ranking — 

Of  automobiles  and  other  vehicles 279 

Parturition  of  Cow — 

Ordinance  concerning  158 


330 


Index 


Parks  and  Park  Commissioners — 

Damage  to  contents  of  park 178 

Ordinance  designating  and  regulating 192 

Plays  and  games  in  parks 196 

Salary  of  commissioners 254 

Pawn  Shops — 

Ordinance  concerning  197 

Pedestrians — 

On  streets  and  sidewalks 281 


Peddlers  and  Transient  Traders — 

Ordinance  concerning  200 

District  for  peddlers  defined 201 

Transient  traders — Who  are 202 

Scales  and  measures  to  be  inspected 307 

Plumbing — 

Ordinance  regulating  203 

Plumbing  Inspector  207 

Inspection  fees  208 

Drain  construction  209 

Soil  and  leader  pipes — ...212 

Traps  required  for  fixtures.. 216 

Setting  of  fixtures : 222 

Water  closets  223 

Urinals  .....224 

Water  closets  in  yards .....225 

Cesspools  and  privy  vaults 226 

Changes  ordered  in  plumbing....... 227' 

Final  test — -Inspection  ,... 228 

Sinks  and'  closets  in  tenament  houses 229 

Plumber  leaving  water  turned  on ....299 

Plumbing  Inspector — 

‘Ordinance  concerning  207 

. Powers  of  Inspector...... 229 

Salary  of  Inspector.. 252 

Pipes — 

Laying  pipes  in  streets 276 

Poles — 

For  street  lights 277 


Index 


331 


Police — 

Ordinance  concerning  231 

Chief  of  Police,  duties 232 

Policemen,  powers  and  duties 232 

Policemen,  neglect  of  duty 234 

Police  Matron  235 

Resisting  an  officer 235 

Must  render  assistance  to  officer 236 

Falsely  representing  the  police 236 

Blacklisting  habitual  drunkard 237 

Salary  of  members 251 

Police  Matron — 

Ordinance  ^concerning  235 

Popcorn  and  Peanut  Stands — 

Ordinance  concerning  238 

Post  Office — 

Employes  not  subject  to  traffic  ordinance 283 

Powers  and  Duties  of  Commissioners — 

Ordinance  concerning  ' 239 

The  Council  239 

Department  of  Public  Affairs. i. 240 

. Salary  of  250 

Department  of  Accounts  and  Finances 240 

Salary  of  250 

Department  of  Public  Health  and  Safety 241 

Salary  of  251 

Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements 242 

Salary  of  254 

Department  of  Public  Property .'... 243 

Salary  of  .- 253 

Rules  of  the  various  departments 244 

Prefatory  5 

Private  Sewer — 

Connection  with  private  sewer 258 

Ordinance  concerning  259 

Privy  Vault — ^ 

Regulations  concerning  133 

Ordinance  concerning  226 

To  be  cleaned  on  notice 256 

Contents  not  to  be  distributed 256 


332 


Index 


Property — 

When  left  in  taxicabs 285 

Processions — 

Permit  required  on  Sunday 173 

Provision  of  City  Charter — 

Bill  passed  by  Legislature 8 

Public  Garden — 

Ordinance  concerning  35 

Public  Property — 

Injury  to  174 

Injury  to  fences,  trees,  etc 175 

Public  Squares — 

Damage  to  contents 178 

Scattering  debris  178 

Publication  of  Ordinances — 

Ordinance  authorizing  same 4 

Quarantine— 

When  services  are  to  be  rendered  free  by 

City  Physician  122 

How  established  and  regulated 124 

Railroads — 

Ordinance  concerning  245 

Not  to  obstruct  streets 245 

Gates  and  guards  required 246 

Maintaining  sewer  under  tracks 247 

Rates — 

Water  rates  and  discounts 294 

Water  rates  established 295 

Rebates — 

On  water  rent 300 

On  special  assessments 300 

Rendering — 

Rendering  offal  69 

Rendering  works  181 

Resistance  to  Officers — 

Ordinance  concerning  235 

Offense  of  resisting  an  officer 174 


Index 


333 


Revised  Ordinances — 

Ordinance  adopting  the  revised  ordinances 312 

Right  of  Way — 

In  street  traffic 280 

When  fire  department  has 283 

River — 

Not  to  run  offensive  matter  in  river 181 

Roller  Skating  Rink — 

Ordinance  concerning  35 

Salaries — 

Ordinance  concerning  250 

In  Department  of  Public  Affairs 250 

In  Department  of  Accounts  and  Finances 250 

In  Department  of  Public  Health  and  Safety 251 

In  Department  of  Public  Property 253 

In  Department  of  Streets  and  Public  Improvements. ...254 
Park  Commissioners  and  Library  Board 254 

Sales — 

Fraudulent  sales  prohibited 37 

Deceit  or  fraud  in 308 

Scavengers — 

Ordinance  concerning  255 

Duties  of  Scavenger  prescribed .....255 

Privy  vault  to  be  cleaned  on  notice 256 

Report  to  Chief  of  Police 256 

Compensation  of  Scavenger 257 

Seal- 

Corporate  seal  of  city 78 

Sewers — 

Breaking  or  opening  into  forbidden 174  ' 

Permits  required  for  connection  'with 230 

Sewers  under  railroad  tracks 247 

Ordinance  concerning  sewers = 258 

Not  to  connect  with  unless  on  payment 258 

Private  sewer 259 

Payment  for  sewer  connection 259 

Signs — 

Over  sidewalks  60 

Inspection  of  signs,  repairs 265 


334 


Index 


Sidewalks — 

Use  of  space  under  sidewalks 52 

Expectorating  on  sidewalk ..138 

Obstructing  with  team 169 

Riding  bicycle  on  sidewalk 177 

No  encroachments  allowed  on 183 

Space  on  sidewalks 184 

Construction  of  sidewalks 260 

Sidewalk  contractor — Bond  261 

Inspection  of  sidewalks — Fees 262 

Location  of  gutters  and  shade  trees 262 

Grades  and  elevation .263 

Ordinance  for  construction  of 263 

Injury  to  sidewalk  to  be  repaired 263 

Hitching  posts — Awnings  264 

Obstructions  on  walks 264 

Inspection  of  signs,  repairs 265 

Stoops,  platforms,  railings,  etc 266 

Windows,  showcases,  steps 266 

Snow  and  ice  on  sidewalks 267 

No  painting  allowed  on  walk 268 

Widths  of  walks  established 268 

Slaughtering — 

Ordinance  concerning  70 

Snow  and  Ice — 

To  be  kept  off  of  sidewalks 267 

Soft  Drink  Vendors — 

Ordinance  concerning  .269 

Inspection  of  premises 270 

Speed — 

At  intersections  of  streets 280 

Within  city  limits .282 

Of  sprinkling  car 283 

Sprinkling — 

Of  yards  or  streets 283 

Spencer  Square — 

Ordinance  concerning  193 

Standard — 

Of  weights  and  measures 302 

Standard  to  be  furnished  on  request 307 


Index 


335 


Stephenson  Square — 

Ordinance  concerning  193 

Street  Cars — 

Advertising  on  cars 179 

Automobiles  passing  cars : - 280 

Streets — 

Use  of  street  while  constructing  building 52 

To  be  kept  clean 132 

Obstructing  same  with  team .....169 

Coasting  on  streets 170 

Excavation  in  forbidden .....* 174 

Depositing  rubbish  in  streets 175 

Littering  streets  forbidden 176 

Placing  combustible  matter  on ....177 

No  encroachments  allowed  on 183 

Opening  streets  ...184 

Railroads  not  to  obstruct  streets 245 

Names  of  streets 271 

Street  and  house  numbers 272 

Owner  to  number  house-. 273 

Excavation  in  street  or  alley 273 

Moving  house  on  streets 274 

Laying  pipes  in  streets 276 

Excavations  in  streets 277 

Poles  for  street  lights 277 

Street  Traffic — 

Ordinance  concerning  278 

Parking  and  ranking  of  vehicles 279 

Right  of  way 280 

Pedestrians — Crowds  281 

Speed  within  city  limits 282 

Driving  through  a funeral 282 

Lights,  horns,  dimmers 282 

Cut-out  283 

Fire  department  has  right  of  way 283 

Post  office  employes  exempt  from  acts 283 

Superintendent  of  Buildings — 

Ordinance  concerning  ^ 58 

Salary  of  254 

Superintendent  of  Streets — 

Ordinance  concerning  242 

Assistant  Superintendent  of  Streets — Salary  of 254 


336 


Index 


Superintendent  of  Water  Works — 

Ordinance  concerning  243 

To  have  control  of  all  employes 298 

To  make  report  to  City  Clerk 299 

T annery — 

Ordinance  concerning  132 

Taxicabs  and  Motor  Busses — 

Drivers  to  obey  police .....236 

Ordinance  concerning  284 

Public  stands  285 

Designation  of  cars 285 

Rate  of  fare  allowed 286 

T erms — 

Definition  of  building  terms 64 

Definition  of  street  traffic  terms ..278 

Theatres — 

Ordinance  regulating  construction  of 54 

T ires — 

Width  of  established ....288 

Tools  and  Implements — 

City  tools  and  implements 76 

Traffic — 

Street  traffic  regulations 278 

Transient  Traders — 

Ordinance  concerning  202 

Trees — 

Injury  to  forbidden 175 

Trimming  of  trees  required 180 

Location  of  shade  trees 262 

Undrawn  Animals — 

Sale  of  undrawn  animals  prohibited 68 

Unwholesome  Foods — 

Ordinance  concerning  138 

Urinals — 

Ordinance  concerning  224 


Index 


337 


Vaccination — 

To  be  given  free  by  the  City  Physician. 

Who  to  be  vaccinated 

Of  school  children 

Vagabonds — 

Ordinance  concerning  

Vehicles — 

Ordinance  concerning  

Ventilation — 

Of  buildings  

Visiting  Nurse — 

Ordinance  concerning  

Wagons — 

Ordinance  concerning  

Weight  of  load  and  width  of  tires...- 

To  be  weighed  by  weigher 

Walls— 

Material  and  workmanship 

Inclosing  and  party  walls 

Increase  and  decrease  of  thickness 

Fire  walls  

Hollow  walls — Division  walls 

Party  walls,  use  of 

W aterworks — 

Superintendent  of  Waterworks 

Employes  of — Salaries  

Ordinance  concerning  

Use  of  hydrants 

Rules  and  regulations  of  water  supply.. 

Application  for  water 

Hours  for  hose  sprinkling 

Free  access  of  employes  to  all  premises 

Penalty  for  violation  of  regulations 

Water  rates — Discounts  

Water  rates  established 

Meter  rates  established 

When  meters  are  to  be  installed 

Water  users  outside  of  city 

Superintendent  to  have  full  control 


123 

123 

135 


180 


.278-288 


65 


187 


.288 

.288 

.289 


40 

41 

43 

44 

45 
56 


.243 

.253 

.290 

.290 

.290 

.292 

.293 

.293 

.294 

.294 

.295 

.296 

.297 

.298 

.298 


338 


Index 


Waterworks — ( Continued ) 

Superintendent  to  report  to  City  Clerk 299 

Turning  on  water  before  final  test .299 

Leaving  water  turned  on  by  plumber 299 

Weight  of  service,  pipes 299 

Rebates  on  water  rates  and  assessments 300 

Water  Rates — 

Ordinance  establishing*  water  rates 295 

Meter  rates  296 

Rates  to  users  outside  of  city 298 

Rebates  on  water  rent 300 

Rebates  on  special  assessments 300 

Water  Closets — 

Ordinance,  concerning  ; 223 

Yard  water  closets. 225 

Weeds — 

To  allow  growth  of  forbidden 179 

Weights  and  Measures — 

Ordinance  concerning  301 

Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures 301 

Standard  of  weights  and  measures 302 

Inspection,  when  made 304 

Fees  of  inspection  305 

Report  of  Inspector 305 

Standard  to  be  furnished... 307 

Peddlers’  scales  to  be  inspected 307 

Deceit  or  fraud  in  sales -. 308 

Size  of  milk  bottles i 308 

Officer  may  compel  weighing i.. 309 

Use  of  scale  or  measure  not  standard 309 

Obstruction  of  inspection 310 

Windows — 

Ordinance  concerning  bow  windows,  etc 266 

Year — 

Fiscal  and  municipal  year .-... 310 


